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THE SERVICE FLAG 

OP THE 

ROCHESTER CHAPTER, SONS OF THE AMERICAN 

REVOLUTION, AT THE DATE OF THE 

SIGNING OF THE ARMISTICE WITH GERMANY 

NOVEMBER ELEVENTH. NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 

Presented to the Rochester Chapter 

BY GEORGE B. SAGE 



^^■THE Rochester Chapter 
xL of the Empire State 
Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution oi? 
Organized July 4, 1894 



MANUAL 

Compiled and edited by 
the Secretary, and printed 
by authority of the Board 
of Managers 



ROCHESTER, NE'W YORK 

Published by the Rochester Chapter 
1919 






^•'iY If /9?g 



Dedication 



n^O The Men of the Rochester Chapter 

whose sacrifice, in the Great War just closed, 

reflects glory and honor upon the Sons of the 

American Revolution, this book is dedicated. 



Preface 

The Great War, the most dramatic and 
tragic chapter of the world's history, has just 
closed, and with it closes the part each man, 
each individual, played in the struggle for 
human freedom. Its influence has fallen upon 
every human being on our planet and the 
memory of the past four years will serve as a 
starting point of human thought for many 
generations to come. 

It is deemed fitting that the Rochester 
Chapter, just finishing twenty-five years of its 
existence, should make suitable record of its 
achievements during this period, and more 
especially during the past years of war. 

For this purpose this book is published 
and placed in the hands of our members and 
friends, hoping that any shortcoming may be 
overlooked by their kindliness, and that what- 
ever credit is due may be ascribed to our 
Society, which emphasizes the glorious herit- 
age we have received from ancestors who 
fought and sacrificed in other times for our 
freedom. 

To those who have assisted in the work of 
preparation — especially to Mr. Edward R. 
Foreman, Mr. Charles E. Ogden, Hon. Harvey 
F. Remington, Mr. Fred B. Robinson, Mr. 
George B. Sage, and Mr. R. C. Ballard 
Thruston, of Louisville, Kentucky, — by contri- 
bution of material and friendly advice, our 
obligation is acknowledged and grateful thanks 
is hereby tendered. 



Raymond G. Dann. 



November 21, 19 18. 



Contents 

Service Flag Opposite Title Page 

Dedication 5 

Preface 7 

Introduction 13 

Officers and Managers, 1918-19 17 

Charter of the National Society, Sons of the 

American Revolution 19 

Certificate of Incorporation of the Empire State 

Society, Sons of the American Revolution . . 23 
Org2nization and Founders of the Rochester 

Chapter 31 

Charter Members 35 

Purposes of Organization 39 

Constitution of the Rochester Chapter ... 43 
By-Laws of the Rochester Chapter .... 47 
Officers of the Rochester Chapter since organiza- 
tion 53 

Managers of the Rochester Chapter since organ- 
ization 59 

Active Members of the Rochester Chapter . . 63 

Inactive Members of the Rochester Chapter . . 67 
Honor Roll of Members in Service (April 6, 

1917-November II, 1918) 71 

Members in Y. M. C. A. Work 73 

Members in Red Cross Work 73 

Honor Roll of Sons of Members in Service (April 

6, 1917-November II, 1918) 77 

Papers Read before the Chapter 81 

The National Congress, Rochester, May 19, 20, 

21, 1918 85 

Roll of Delegates at the Rochester Congress . 91 

The Eddy Collection of Revolutionary Relics. . 95 

Necrology: 

Frederic Percival Allen 101 

Abner Paine Bigelow 101 

John Stevens Briggs 102 

George Candee Buell 102 

James Roswell Chamberlain 103 

Edward Smith Clarke 103 

Frank Worcester Elwood 104 

George May Elwood 104 

William Smith Kimball 105 

Robert Madison Myers 106 

Henry Brewster Palmer 107 

Charles Mulford Robinson 108 

John Henry Rochester 109 

Lester Bordman Smith 109 

Enoch Vine Stoddard 110 

Jonas Parker Varnum Ill 

William Seward Whittlesey 112 

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Rochester Chapter 

Members of Rochester Chapter who served in 

the Civil War 115 

Members of Rochester Chapter who served in 

the Spanish-American War 119 

The Rochester Chapter in the World War. . . 123 

Flag Etiquette 131 

Eligibility to Membership 139 

Analytical Index 141 



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Introduction 



Introduction 

At the organization of the Rochester 
Chapter on July 4, 1894, the need in Rochester 
of patriotic education was keenly felt. Years 
of peace and prosperity had gradually relaxed 
that eternal vigilance which is always the 
price of liberty; hundreds of thousands of 
immigrants of alien races, manners and cus- 
toms had entered the country and Rochester 
as an industrial city had her fair share of 
these. 

To these newly added elements of our city 
the traditions of sturdy independence which 
were characteristic of Colonial and Revolu- 
tionary times were little known. The advan- 
tages of citizenship in this republic, toward 
which men had painfully toiled for centuries, 
were often conferred and enjoyed without even 
the formality of taking out naturalization 
papers, much less a proper understanding of 
the social duties and obligations resting upon 
those who are part of a great self-governing 
people. 

History teaches that to safeguard human 
freedom, acquired at a prodigious sacrifice of 
blood and ages of effort, requires most jealous 
resistance of every encroachment upon that 
freedom, and that there are forces within 
and without our Republic constantly working 
to undermine its foundations and bring our 
splendid fabric down in ruin. 

The very mention of the "Sons of the 
American Revolution" brings to mind the 
names of Washington, Adams, Franklin, 
Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Paul Jones and a 
host of men less well known, but who never- 
theless gave freely of their blood and fortune 
that free government might become a fact. 

The Rochester Chapter starting with 
seventeen members undertook to keep alive 
and spread the knowledge of the principles 
upon which this government is founded and to 

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carry to our alien population a proper rever- 
ence for the political institutions of the United 
States. Each succeeding administration has 
kept these and kindred objects in view and 
worked toward that end, feeling that the Sons 
of the American Revolution are but leaven 
in the lump of unassimilated citizenship and 
that their efforts will ultimately bear fruit. 

The papers delivered before the Chapter 
have served well their purpose of arousing 
interest in matters pertaining to the early 
history of the foundation of our country and 
from the chapter rooms have constantly gone 
forth men whose patriotism has been a guide 
to thousands of our citizens. 

Finally the members of the Rochester 
Chapter, which owns no home of its own, 
have found splendid quarters for their meet- 
ings in the Chapter house of the Irondequoit 
Chapter of the Daughters of the American 
Revolution, and in the delightful atmosphere 
of friendliness there, find inspiration and pleas- 
ure which will always be treasured among 
their fairest memories. 

To Mrs. Frank F. Dow, the Regent; Mrs. 
William S. Little, Honorary Regent; Mrs. 
William E. Hoyt, Honorary Regent; Mrs. 
Frank J. Hess, Mrs. Walter B. Jorris, Mrs. 
Clarence H. Lunt, Mrs. William J. McKelvey, 
Mrs. Edward D. Putnam, Mrs. Clinton 
Rogers, Mrs. George B. Sage, Mrs. Arthur E. 
Sutherland, Mrs. Charles H. Wiltsie, Mrs. 
Frederick W. Yates, the late Mrs. Josephine 
G. Chappell, and many other women of the 
Irondequoit Chapter we are indebted for 
friendly counsel and unnumbered acts of kind- 
ness and courtesy, which have made our 
progress easier during the past twenty-five 
years. 

Raymond G. Dann, 

Secretary. 
November 21, 1918. 

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Officers 

and 
Managfers 



Officers and Managers 
1918-19 

President 
George B. Sage 

Vice-President 
Raymond G. Dann 

Secretary 
William B. Boothby 

Treasurer 
John B. Howe 

Registrar 
WiNFRED J. Smith 

Historian 
Thomas H. Remington 

Chaplain 
Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

BOARD OF MANAGERS 

Harvey F. Remington 
ex officio 

Charles E. Ogden 
ex officio 

Arthur E. Sutherland 
Charles H. Wiltsie 
Edward R. Foreman 
Frederick W. Yates 



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Charter 

of the National Society 

of the 

Sons of the American Revolution 

[Public — No. 214] 
H. R. 15332 

FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

At the First Session, 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 

the fourth day of December, one thousand 

nine hundred and five. 

AN ACT 

To Incorporate the National Society of the 

Sons of the American Revolution 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the United States of America in Congress 
Assembled, That Francis Henry Appleton, of 
Massachusetts; Lucius P. Deming, of Connecti- 
cut; William Seward Webb, of Vermont; Horace 
Porter, of New York; Joseph C. Breckinridge, of 
Washington, District of Columbia; Franklin Murphy, 
of New Jersey; Walter S. Logan, of New York; Edwin 
Warfield, of Maryland; Edwin S. Greeley, of Con- 
necticut; James D. Hancock, of Pennsylvania; Morris 
B. Beardsley, of Connecticut; John C. Lewis, of Ken- 
tucky; Henry Stockbridge, of Maryland; Nelson A. 
McClary, of Illinois; A. Howard Clark, of Washington, 
District of Columbia; Isaac W. Birdseye, of Connecti- 
cut; William K. Wickes, of New York; J. W. Atwood, 
of Ohio; J. W. Whiting, of Alabama; Ricardo E. Miner, 
of Arizona; Joseph M. Hill, of Arkansas; Alexander G. 
Eells, of California; Clarkson N. Guyer, of Colorado; 
Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut; Thomas F. Bay- 
ard, of Delaware; William H. Bayly, of Washington, 
District of Columbia; William S. Keyser, of Florida; 
Charles M. Cooke, of Hawaii; Inman H. Fowler, of 
Indiana; Eugene Secor, of Iowa; John M. Meade, of 
Kansas; Peter F. Pescud, of Louisiana; Waldo Petten- 
gill, of Maine; James D. Iglehart, of Maryland; Moses 
G. Parker, of Massachusetts; Rufus W. Clark, of 
Michigan; James C. Haynes, of Minnesota; Ashley 
Cabell, of Missouri; Ogden A. Southmayd, of Montana; 

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Amos Field, of Nebraska; Daniel C. Roberts, of New 
Hampshire; J. Franklin Fort, of New Jersey; William 
A. Marble, of New York; Isaac F. Mack, of Ohio; 
Henry H. Edwards, of Oklahoma; Thomas M. Ander- 
son, of Oregon; William L. Jones, of Pennsylvania; 
John E. Studley, of Rhode Island; Theodore G. Carter, 
of South Dakota; J. A. Cartwright, of Tennessee; I. M. 
Standifer, of Texas; Fred A. Hale, of Utah; Henry D. 
Holton, of Vermont; Lunsford L. Lewis, of Virginia; 
Cornelius H. Hanford, of Washington; J. Franklin 
Pierce, of Wisconsin; Trueman G. Avery, of New York; 
William W. J. Warren, of New York; Henry V. A. 
Joslin, of Rhode Island; John Paul Earnest, of Washing- 
ton, District of Columbia; A. S. Hubbard, of California, 
and all such other persons as may from time to time 
be associated with them, and their successors, are 
hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, in 
the city of Washington, in the District of Columbia, 
by the name of the National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution. 

Section 2. That the purposes and objects of said 
corporation are declared to be patriotic, historical, and 
educational, and shall include those intended or de- 
signed to perpetuate the memory of the men who, by 
their services or sacrifices during the war of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, achieved the independence of the 
American people; to unite and promote fellowship 
among their descendants; to inspire them and the 
community at large with a more profound reverence 
for the principles of the government founded by our 
forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation 
to the American Revolution; to acquire and preserve 
the records of the individual services of the patriots of 
the war, as well as documents, relics, and landmarks; 
to mark the scenes of the Revolution by appropriate 
memorials; to celebrate the anniversaries of the promi- 
nent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period; 
to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the 
institutions of American freedom, and to carry out the 
purposes expressed in the preamble to the Constitution 
of our country and the injunctions of Washington in his 
farewell address to the American people. 

Section 3. That said corporation shall have power 
to receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey real and 
personal estate, so far only as may be necessary or 
convenient for its lawful purposes, to an amount not 
exceeding at any one time in the aggregate five hundred 
thousand dollars; to sue and be sued, complain and 
defend in any court; to adopt a common seal, and to 
alter the same at pleasure; to make and adopt a con- 
stitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations for admission, 

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government, suspension, and expulsion of its members, 
and from time to time to alter and repeal such con- 
stitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations, and to adopt 
others in their places; to provide for the election of its 
officers and to define their duties; to provide for State 
Societies or Chapters with rules for their conduct, and 
to regulate and provide for the management, safe- 
keeping, and protection of its property and funds: 
Provided always, That such constitution, by-laws, 
rules, and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws 
of the United States or any of the States thereof. 

Section 4. That the property and affairs of said 
corporation shall be managed by not more than sixty 
nor less than forty trustees, who shall be elected annu- 
ally at such time as shall be fixed in the by-laws, and at 
least one trustee shall be elected annually from a list 
of nominees to be made by each of the State Societies 
and submitted to this Society at least thirty days before 
the annual meeting, in accordance with general pro- 
visions regulating such nominations as may be adopted 
by this Society. 

Section 5. That the first meeting of this corporation 
shall be held on a call issued by any fifteen of the above- 
named corporators by a written notice signed by them, 
stating the time and place of meeting, addressed to 
each of the corporators personally named herein and 
deposited in the post-office at least five days before the 
day of meeting. 

Section 6. That this charter shall take effect upon its 
being accepted by a majority vote of the corporators 
named herein who shall be present at said meeting, or 
at any other meeting specially called for that purpose; 
and notice of such acceptance shall be given by said 
corporation by causing a certificate to that effect signed 
by its President and Secretary to be filed in the office of 
the Secretary of State. 

Section 7. That Congress reserves the right to alter, 
amend, or repeal this act. 

J. G. Cannon, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Chas. W. Fairbanks, 
Vice-President of the United States 

and President of the Senate. 

Approved June 9, 1906. 

Theodore Roosevelt. 



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Certificate of Incorporation 

of the 

Empire State Society 

of the 

Sons of the American Revolution 

State of New York, ] 
City of New York, i ss. : 
County of New York,J 

We, the Undersigned, of full age, citizens of the 
United States, a majority of whom are citizens of the 
State of New York and resident therein, being desirous 
of associating ourselves together as a patriotic, his- 
torical and social society, as hereinafter is more particu- 
larly described, pursuant to and in conformity with an 
Act of the Legislature of the State of New York, passed 
May 12, 1875, entitled "An Act for the Incorporation 
of Societies or Clubs for Certain Lawful Purposes," and 
the several Acts of the said Legislature amendatory 
thereof and supplemental thereto, do hereby certify 
and declare as follows: 

FIRST 

That the corporate name by which the said Society 
hereby to be formed shall be known and distinguished 
is, and shall be. The Empire State Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. 

SECOND 

That the objects for which said Society is formed 
are as follows: To perpetuate the memory of the men 
who, by their services or sacrifices during the War of 
the American Revolution, achieved the Independence 
of the American people; to unite and promote fellow- 
ship among their descendants; to inspire them and the 
community at large with a more profound reverence 
for the principles of the government founded by our 
forefathers; to encourage historical research in relation 
to the American Revolution; to encourage the study of 
American history; to acquire and preserve the records 
of the individual services of the patriots of the War; 
as well as documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the 
scenes of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to 
celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent events of 
the War; to foster true patriotism; to encourage a better 
understanding of the principles of free government; 

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to maintain and extend the institutions of American 
freedom; and to carry out the purposes expressed in the 
preamble to the Constitution of our Country and the 
injunctions of Washington in his farewell address to the 
American people. 

THIRD 

That the number of Managers of said Society shall 
be and are sixteen * in number; and in addition thereto 
the Presidents of local chapters, and that the names and 
residences of such Managers who shall manage its 
concerns for the first year are as follows: 

Chauncey M. Depew, New York City 

Robert B. Roosevelt, New York City 

John Winfield Scott, East Orange, New Jersey 

Ira Bliss Stewart, New York City 

Edward Hagaman Hall, New York City 

Henry Hall, New York City 

John C. Calhoun, New York City 

Walter S. Logan, New York City 

Andrew J. C. Foye, New York City 

Ferdinand P. Earle, New York City 

Hugh R. Garden, New York City 

Thomas Wilson, New York City 

Frederick D. Grant, New York City 

William W. J. Warren, New York City 

Ebenezer K. Wright, New York City 

Stephen M. Wright, New York City 

Elbridge G. Spaulding, President Buffalo Chapter, 
Bufifalo, N. Y., ex officio. 

J. Warren Cutler, President Rochester Chapter, Roch- 
ester, N. Y., ex officio. 

FOURTH 

That the principal headquarters of said Society 
shall be and is located in the City of New York, County 
of New York, and State of New York. 

In Testimony Whereof, we have made and signed 
this Certificate in duplicate and have hereunto set our 
hands and afifixed our respective seals this 25th day of 
March, 1895. 

Chauncey M. Depew, Seth E. Thomas, 

Horace Clark Du Val, Hugh R. Garden, 

Wm. Seward Webb, Walter S. Logan, 

William W. J. Warren, Thomas Wilson, 

Andrew J. C. Foye, Horace Porter, 

Henry Hall, Frederick D. Grant, 

* Note. — As amended in February, 1897, the 
number of Managers was changed from sixteen to 
thirty. 

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James P. Hall, 
Hart Lyman, 
Ebenezer K. Wright, 
Warren Higley, 
Edward Payson Cone, 
Hugh S. Thompson, 
James Loder Raymond, 
Ferdinand P. Earle, 
J. Warren Cutler, 
George C. Buell, 
Thomas Chester, 
Earl B. Putnam, 
Frederic Percival Allen, 
Henry Colvin Brewster, 
Edward N. Walbridge, 
Enoch Vine Stoddard, 
Rufus Adams Sibley, 
Edward Smith Clarke, 
Arthur E. Nichols, 
Frank Worcester Elwood, 
Charles Sumner Dakin, 
William E. Otto, 
Edward Augustus Hall, 
Willard P. Smith, 
William H. Hotchkiss, 
James Sweeney, 
C. M. Morse, 
Sherman S. Jewett, 2nd, 
George Wadsworth, 
Horace Briggs, 
Charles J. North, 
Clifford Hubbell, 
Harry E. Hyde, 

State of New York, ] 
City of New York, [ ss.: 
County of New York, J 

I, Carwin H. Pike, a Notary Public of the State of 
New York, in and for the City and County of New 
York, do hereby certify that on this 25th day of March, 
1895, personally appeared before me Chauncey M. 
Depew, Horace Clark Du Val, William Seward Webb, 
Andrew J. C. Foye, Henry Hall, James P. Hall, Hart 
Lyman, Seth E. Thomas, Hugh R. Garden, Walter S. 
Logan, Thomas Wilson, Horace Porter, Thomas Ewing, 
Temple Bowdoin, Charles H. Wight, Edward Hagaman 
Hall, Ira Bliss Stewart, John Winfield Scott, Ebenezer 
K. Wright, Warren Higley, Edward Payson Cone, 
Hugh S. Thompson, James Loder Raymond, Stephen 
M. Wright, Ferdinand P. Earle, William W. J. Warren 
and Frederick D. Grant, to me severally known and 

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Thomas Ewing, 

Temple Bowdoin, 

C. H. Wight, 

Edward Hagaman Hall, 

Ira Bliss Stewart, 

John Winfield Scott, 

Stephen M. Wright, 

Jonas Parker Varnum, 

James G. Cutler, 

John Hull Brewster, Jr., 

William W. Webb, 

Edward D. Putnam, 

John Henry Rochester, 

E. G. Miner, Jr., 

R. S. Clarke, 

J. Foster Warner, 

Charles Mulford Robinson, 

James Henry Kelly, 

William J. McKelvey, 

E. G. Spaulding, 

C. H. Brown, 

S. M. Clement, 

Elmar Hale Whitney, 

Andrew Langdon, 

Porter Norton, 

A. C. Abbott, 

Edgar B. Jewett, 

P. R. K. Tyng, 

Peter P. Burtiss, 

John Otto, 

John Otto, Jr., 

Nathan H. Jewett, 

Edson J. Weeks. 



Rochester Chapter 

known to me to be twenty-seven of the individuals 
named in and who executed the foregoing certificate, 
and they thereupon severally acknowledged before me 
that they did execute the same for the purposes therein 
set forth. 

C. H. Pike, 
(Seal) Notary Public, 

New York County. 

State of New York, "j 
City of New York, ^ ss.: 
County of New York,J 

1, Henry D. Purroy, Clerk of the City and County 
of New York and also Clerk of the Supreme Court for 
the said City and County, the same being a Court of 
Record, do hereby certify that C. H. Pike, whose name 
is subscribed to the certificate of the proof of acknowl- 
edgment of the annexed instrument and thereon writ- 
ten, was at the time of taking such proof or acknowl- 
edgment a Notary Public in and for the City and 
County of New York, dwelling in said City, commis- 
sioned and sworn and duly authorized to take the same. 
And further, that I am well acquainted with the hand- 
writing of such Notary and verily believe that the 
signature to the said certificate of proof or acknowledg- 
ment is genuine. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of the said Court and County, 
the 6th day of April, 1895. 

Henry D. Purroy, 

(Seal) Clerk. 

State of New York,l . 
County of Monroe, / " 

I, Francis S. Macomber, a Notary Public of the 
State of New York, in and for the County of Monroe, 
do hereby certify that on this 29th day of March, one 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, personally 
appeared before me J. Warren Cutler, James G. Cutler, 
George C. Buell, Jonas Parker Varnum, John Hull 
Brewster, Thomas Chester, William W. Webb, Earl B. 
Putnam, Edward D. Putnam, Frederic Percival Allen, 
John Henry Rochester, Henry Colvin Brewster, E. G. 
Miner, Jr., Edward N. Walbridge, R. S. Clarke, Enoch 
Vine Stoddard, J. Foster Warner, Rufus Adams Sibley, 
Charles Mulford Robinson, Edward S. Clarke, James 
Henry Kelly, Arthur E. Nichols, William J. McKelvey 
and Frank W. Elwood, to me severally known and 
known to me to be twenty-four of the individ- 
uals named in and who executed the foregoing certi- 

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ficate, and they thereupon duly severally acknowledged 
before me that they did execute the same for the pur- 
pose therein set forth. 

Francis S. Macomber, 
Notary Public, 

Monroe County, N. Y. 
State of New York, 
Monroe County Clerk's Office, Rochester, N. Y. 

I, K. P. Shedd, Clerk of the County of Monroe, of 
the County Court of said County and of the Supreme 
Court, both being Courts of Record, having a common 
seal, do certify that Francis S. Macomber, Esq., was at 
the date of certificate of proof or acknowledgment of 
the annexed instrument in writing a Notary Public in 
and for said County, duly authorized to take the same; 
that I am well acquainted with his handwriting, and 
verily believe that the signature to said certificate is 
genuine and that the annexed instrument is executed 
and acknowledged according to the laws of this State. 

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my 
hand and affixed the seal of said County and Courts, 
this 30th day of March, A. D., 1895. 

K. P. Shedd, 
(Seal) Clerk. 

State of New York.l 
County of Erie, J 

I, Charles Samuel Leavitt, a Notary Public of the 
State of New York, in and for the County of Erie, do 
hereby certify that on this first day of April, one 
thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, personally 
appeared before me E. G. Spaulding, Charles Sumner 
Dakin, C. H. Brown, William E. Otto, S. M. Clement, 
Edward Augustus Hall, Willard P. Smith, Elmar Hale 
Whitney, Andrew Langdon, William H. Hotchkiss, 
Porter Norton, James Sweeney, A. C. Abbott, C. M. 
Morse, Edgar B. Jewett, Sherman S. Jewett, 2nd, 
P. R. K. Tyng, George Wadsworth, Peter P. Burtiss, 
Horace Briggs, John Otto, Charles J. North, John 
Otto, Jr., Cliflford Hubbell, Nathan H. Jewett, Harry 
E. Hyde, Edson J. Weeks, to me severally known and 
known to me to be twenty-seven of the individuals 
named in and who executed the foregoing certificate, 
and they thereupon duly severally acknowledged before 
me that they did execute the same for the purposes 
therein set forth. 

Chas. S. Leavitt, 
Notary Public, 

(Seal) Erie County, New York. 

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Rochester Chapter 

State of New York, \^ 

Erie County Clerk's Office,/' 



ss. 



I, George Bingham, Clerk of said County and of the 
Court thereof, the same being a Court of Record, do 
hereby certify that Charles S. Leavitt, whose name is 
subscribed to the proof or acknowledgment of the 
annexed instrument in writing, was at the time of 
taking such proof or acknowledgment a Notary Public, 
in and for the said County, duly commissioned, sworn 
and authorized to take the same; and further that I am 
well acquainted with his handwriting and verily believe 
that the signature to the said proof or acknowledgment 
is genuine; and further that the annexed instrument is 
executed and acknowledged according to the laws of the 
State of New York. 

In Testimony Thereof, I have hereunto set my hand 
and affixed the seal of said County, at Buffalo, this ist 
day of April, A. D., 1895. 

George Bingham, 

(Seal) Clerk. 



On the cover of the Certificate appears the following 
endorsement: 

"SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 

AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

Certificate of Incorporation 

Ira B. Stewart, 
51 Chambers St., 

New York. 

I, George C. Barrett, a Justice of the Supreme 
Court of the State of New York, for the First Judicial 
District, in which the principal headquarters of the 
aforesaid Society shall be located, do hereby approve 
of the form and sufficiency of the within Certificate of 
Incorporation and consent that the same be filed. 

Geo. C. Barrett, 

Justice Supreme Court, 
First Judicial District. 

State of New York, 
Office of Secretary of State. 
Filed and Recorded April 8, 1895. 
Andrew Davidson, 

Deputy Secretary of State." 

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Organization and 

Founders 

of the 

Rochester Chapter 



Organization and Founders of 
the Rochester Chapter 

The Rochester Chapter of the New York 
(now Empire) State Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution was organized at a 
meeting held in the ball room of the Genesee 
Valley Club, on Wednesday, July 4, 1894, at 
which meeting the following members of the 
New York Society were present: 

Allen, Frederic Percival 
Anstice, Josiah 
Chester, Thomas 
Clarke, Edward Smith 
Clarke, Freeman 
Clarke, Sherman 
Cutler, James Goold 
Cutler, Joseph Warren 
Kelly, James Henry 
Miner, Edward Griffith, Jr. 
Robinson, Arthur 
Rochester, John Henry 
Sibley, Rufus Adams 
Smith, Charles Walter 
Stedman, John Harry 
Stoddard, Enoch Vine 
Webb, William Watson 



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Charter Members 

of the 
Rochester Chapter 



Note: — At the first meeting of the Rochester Chapter held on 
July 4, 1894, it was voted "That all existing members of the New 
York Society of the Sons of the American Revolution residing in 
the City of Rochester be declared charter members of the Rochester 
Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution." 






Charter Members of the 
Rochester Chapter 

*Allen, Frederic Percival 
*Anstice, Rev. Henry 

Anstice, Josiah 

BuELL, George Candee 

Brewster, Henry Colvin 
*Chester, Thomas 
*Clarke, Edward Smith 
*Clarke, Freeman 
*Clarke, Roswell Sherman 

Clarke, Sherman 
*CuTLER, James Goold 
*CuTLER, Joseph Warren 

Elwood, Frank Worcester 

Elwood, George May 
*Kelly, James Henry 

Kimball, William Smith 
*Miner, Edward Griffith, Jr. 

Putnam, Earl Bill 

Putnam, Edward DeForest 
*Robinson, Arthur 

Robinson, Charles Mulford 
*RocHESTER, John Henry 
*Sibley, Rufus Adams 
*Smith, Charles Walter 

Smith, Lester Bordman 
*Stedman, John Harry 
*Stoddard, Enoch Vine 

Varnum, Jonas Parker 

Warner, J. Foster 
*Webb, William Watson 

Willard, Ernest Russell 

♦Founder. 



35 



Purposes 
of Orgfanization 



Purposes of Organization 

At the Incorporation of the Empire State Society 

ON March 25, 1895, the Purposes of 

Organization were Stated : 

"The objects for which said Society is formed are as 
follows: To perpetuate the memory of the men who, by 
their services or sacrifices during the War of the Ameri- 
can Revolution, achieved the independence of the 
American People; to unite and promote fellowship 
among their descendants; to inspire them and the com- 
munity at large with a more profound reverence for the 
principles of the government founded by our fore- 
fathers; to encourage historical research in relation to 
the Revolution; to encourage the study of American 
history; to acquire and preserve the records of the 
individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as 
documents, relics and landmarks; to mark the scenes 
of the Revolution by appropriate memorials; to cele- 
brate the anniversaries of the prominent events of the 
war; to foster patriotism; to encourage a better under- 
standing of the principles of free government; to main- 
tain and extend the institutions of American freedom; 
and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble 
of the constitution of our country and the injunctions 
of Washington in his farewell address to the American 
people." 

The first of these objects, that of undertaking to 
perpetuate the memory of Revolutionary soldiers, 
especially those buried in Monroe County, by preparing 
their records and carefully marking their graves with 
suitable ceremonies, has been carried on by a special 
committee appointed for that purpose. 

On July 15, 1916, the grave of Alexander Milliner, 
a drummer boy of the Revolution, was distinguished by 
the bronze emblem which is the official marker of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. 

The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Melville 
R. Webster, D. D., Chaplain of the Rochester Chapter; 
Charles E. Ogden, President; Edward D. Putnam, 
Chairman of the Committee and Mrs. Frank F. Dow, 
Regent of the Irondequoit Chapter, Daughters of the 
American Revolution. There were also present on 
this occasion three descendants of Milliner, officers and 
members of the Rochester Chapter and members of the 
Irondequoit Chapter. 

Nine more graves of Revolutionary soldiers were 
marked during the year 1916. 

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Ten graves were suitably marked during the year 
1917. 

During the present year, 1918, eleven graves have 
been located, records proved, and marked with our 
emblem. 

The work of locating the graves, establishing and 
proving the records, involves much research, infinite 
detail and many difficulties. It is therefore necessary 
to proceed slowly, aiming to accomplish a certain 
amount of work each year. 

To insure the permanence of this work the com- 
mittee keeps careful record of all data coming under its 
cognizance, and when finally the work is completed, 
a detailed history of all soldiers of the Revolution 
buried in Monroe County will be available for historical 
purposes. 

The work is now being carried forward under a 
committee consisting of Edward D. Putnam, Chair- 
man; Amos H. Cobb, George B. Sage, Louis C. Trimble 
and Paul Weaver. 

PATRIOTIC WORK 

The Rochester Chapter has constantly striven to 
attain the patriotic purpose for which it was organized 
by fostering the spirit of patriotism and love of country, 
urging devotion to the principles which were revered 
by our forefathers, and inculcating in the minds of our 
people a more perfect idea of their duty towards their 
government. 

The institution of the celebration of Patriot's Day 
in the public schools of Rochester, the Mechanics 
Institute and the University of Rochester, has given 
Rochester the first place among cities in bringing 
appreciation of American Institutions to the foreign 
born and emphasizing Americanization work. This 
work has not only borne abundant fruit, but has 
resulted in a much broader and more powerful effort 
along the same lines by the Americanization Com- 
mittee of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce. 

Finally, the Rochester Chapter has sought in every 
way to co-operate with the Empire State Society in its 
patriotic work. 



40 



Constitution 



Note: — The Constitution was adopted at the meeting held on 
December 26, 1894, and amended October 18, 1897, March 26, 1898, 
February 2, 1911, January 12, 1916, October 17, 1917. 



Constitution 

ARTICLE I 

TITLE 

The name of this Association shall be the "Roches- 
ter Chapter of the Empire State Society of the Sons of 
the American Revolution." 

ARTICLE II 

OBJECTS 

The objects of this Association shall be to advance 
the interests and principles of the Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution, to promote social inter- 
course among its members, and to develop in the com- 
munity a deeper reverence for the principles upon which 
the Government is founded, and also to stimulate study 
and research in American History. 

ARTICLE III 

MEMBERSHIP 

Any member of the Empire State Society of the 
Sons of the American Revolution is eligible to member- 
ship in this Chapter. 

ARTICLE IV 

MEETINGS 

The annual meeting of the Chapter shall be held on 
the 17th day of October, the anniversary of the Battle 
of Saratoga, and the foundation of this Chapter, except 
when such day falls on Sunday, in which case it shall 
be held on the following day. Regular meetings shall 
be held on the second Wednesday of January, April, 
July and October. 

Special meetings may be called by the Secretary at 
any time at the request of the President, or, in his 
absence, by the Vice-president, and shall be called by 
the Secretary upon the written request of five members. 

ARTICLE V 

OFFICERS AND DELEGATES 

At the annual meeting there shall be elected by 
ballot a President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treas- 
urer, Registrar and Historian. There shall also be 
elected by ballot four other members who, with the 
foregoing officers, shall constitute the Board of Man- 
agers of the Chapter; and in addition to the managers 
so elected, the last two retiring presidents of the 
Chapter shall be members ex-officio of the said board 
of managers. 

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Rochester Chapter 

There shall also be elected at such meeting dele- 
gates and alternates to represent the Chapter in all 
organizations in which it shall be entitled to repre- 
sentation. The officers, board of managers, delegates 
and alternates shall hold office for one year from the 
date of their election or until their successors shall be 
elected. Any vacancies occurring in the foregoing 
positions may be filled at any regular meeting provided 
announcement of intention to fill such vacancies is 
included in the formal notice of such meeting. 

ARTICLE VI 

FEES AND DUES 

The entrance fee of this Chapter shall be One 
Dollar. 

ARTICLE VII 

AMENDMENTS 

Amendments to the Constitution may be proposed 
at any meeting of the Chapter, but no amendment shall 
be voted upon except at a regular meeting subsequent 
to that upon which such amendment was proposed; 
and the notice of such meeting shall contain the an- 
nouncement that such amendment is to be voted upon, 
and a copy of such proposed amendment shall be 
contained in the notice. 



44 



By-Laws 



Note: — The By-laws were adopted at the meeting held on 
December 26, 1894, and amended October 18, 1897, March 36, 
1898, October 17, I9i7. 



By-Laws 



ARTICLE I 

ELECTION OF MEMBERS 

Section i. An applicant for membership in the 
Chapter shall send to the Registrar the evidence of his 
being a member in good standing of the Empire State 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and 
the Registrar shall thereupon certify his name to the 
Board of Managers. The Board of Managers shall 
then proceed to elect or reject the applicant; two nega- 
tive votes shall be sufficient to exclude. 

Section 2. If the Board of Managers shall, by a 
unanimous vote, recommend the candidate for accep- 
tance to the Chapter, his name shall be presented at 
the next meeting of the Chapter, for an election by 
ballot, and two negative votes shall be sufficient to 
exclude. 

ARTICLE II 

PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT 

Section i. The President, or in his absence the Vice- 
president, shall preside at all meetings of the Chapter 
and Board of Managers, and have a casting vote. He 
shall exercise the usual function of presiding officer and 
shall enforce a strict observance of the Constitution 
and By-laws of this Chapter. 

ARTICLE III 

SECRETARY 

Section i. The Secretary shall conduct the general 
correspondence and keep a fair and accurate record of 
all the proceedings of the Chapter; have charge of the 
records. Constitution and By-laws of the Chapter; 
give notice to the several officers of all votes, or pro- 
ceedings affecting their duties; notify officers of their 
election; give due notice to members of all meetings of 
the Chapter; and perform such other duties as may be 
i mposed upon him by the Board of Managers. 

Section 2. He shall also, together with the Presi- 
dent, certify all acts of the Chapter. 

ARTICLE IV 

TREASURER 

Section i. The Treasurer shall keep the accounts of 
the Chapter; shall issue bills of indebtedness to mem- 
bers; shall collect all moneys of the Chapter and deposit 
the same in some bank approved by the Board of 

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Rochester Chapter 

Managers, in the name of the Rochester Chapter of the 
Empire State Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution; and he shall disburse the same only on 
check drawn for accounts which have been duly ap- 
proved by the Board of Managers, or a committee 
appointed thereby for such purpose. 

Section 2. He shall give his receipt for moneys 
received and shall keep a true account of his financial 
transactions, and make report of the same at the 
annual meeting of the Chapter. 

ARTICLE V 

REGISTRAR 

Section i. The Registrar shall, upon receipt of an 
application for membership, investigate the proofs of 
eligibility, and if they be not satisfactory, require 
further proofs from the applicant. Upon the verifica- 
tion of the applicant's claim to eligibility he shall affix 
his signature and transmit the application to the Board 
of Managers for acceptance. 

Section 2. He shall file and keep records of all 
proofs upon which membership shall have been granted 
and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned 
to him by the Chapter or Board of Managers. 

ARTICLE VI 

HISTORIAN 

Section i. The Historian shall keep record of all 
historical and commemorative celebrations of the 
Chapter; shall be the custodian of all historical or 
genealogical papers, manuscript or printed, of which 
the Chapter may become possessed, and which shall be 
open to inspection by any members of the Chapter; and 
he shall act as necrologist for the Chapter and perform 
such other duties as may be assigned to him by the 
Chapter or Board of Managers. 

ARTICLE VII 

CHAPLAIN 

Section i. At each annual meeting or in the event 
of a vacancy at any regular meeting intervening, there 
may be elected by ballot from the membership of the 
Chapter, a Chaplain, who shall perform the usual 
duties pertaining to such office. 

ARTICLE VIII 

BOARD OF MANAGERS 

Section i. The Board of Managers shall hold stated 
meetings on the days appointed for the regular meetings 

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Sons of the American Revolution 

of the Chapter; and in addition to the powers and duties 
elsewhere enumerated in these By-laws, shall judge of 
the qualifications of applicants for membership and 
have power to recommend candidates complying with 
the requirements of the Chapter; may arrange for 
public celebrations and social meetings, and shall 
generally superintend and manage the affairs of 
the Chapter, subject at all times to any specific vote 
of the Chapter. 

Section 2. Five members of the Board shall con- 
stitute a quorum. During the summer months the 
powers and duties of the Board may be devolved upon 
an executive committee of three of its members ap- 
pointed for that purpose. 

ARTICLE IX 

PAPERS AND RECORDS 

Section i. All books and papers relating to the 
affairs of the Chapter, in the custody of the Secretary, 
Treasurer, Registrar or Historian, shall be delivered to 
the Board of Managers on their demand. 

ARTICLE X 

RESIGNATION AND EXPULSION 

Section i. Any member who is in good standing in 
the Chapter and is under no indebtedness thereto shall 
be allowed voluntarily to withdraw from membership 
upon giving notice in writing to the Secretary. 

Section 2. The Board of Managers shall have power 
to drop from the rolls any member who shall remain 
in arrears for dues one year after notice has been given 
him, and any member who shall be dropped from the 
rolls of the Empire State Society shall ipso facto cease to 
be a member of the Chapter. In either of the foregoing 
cases the member may be restored to the rolls upon the 
payment of arrears and dues to date, or furnishing of 
the required evidence of eligibility, as the case may be. 

Section j . Upon the signed complaint of ten 
members, the Board of Managers shall have the power 
to drop from the rolls or expel any member who shall 
willfully and persistently transgress the regulations of 
the Chapter, or who by conduct unbecoming a gentle- 
man and a man of honor shall have come into disrepute 
in the community in general; provided, that such 
member shall have received at least two weeks' notice 
of the hearing of the complaint, and shall have had 
reasonable opportunity to be heard in person. Any 
member thus expelled or dropped from the rolls shall 
have the privilege of appeal to the Chapter within three 

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months and may be restored either by the unanimous 
vote of the Board of Managers or a majority vote of the 
Chapter. Notice of the final expulsion from this 
Chapter of a member shall at once be transmitted to 
the Empire State Society by the Secretary. 

Section 4. A majority vote of all the members of 
the Board of Managers shall be required to drop or 
expel a member from the Chapter as herein provided. 

ARTICLE XI 

QUORUM 

Section i. Nine members of the Chapter shall 
constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Chapter. 

ARTICLE XII 

AMENDMENTS 

Section i. These By-laws may be amended by the 
same proceedings as are required for amending the 
Constitution. 

Note: — Article V of the Constitution declares: "At the 
annual meeting there shall be elected by ballot a President, Vice- 
president, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar and Historian." 

"There shall also be elected by ballot four other members who, 
with the foregoing officers, shall constitute the Board of Managers 
of the Chapter, and in addition to the managers so elected the last 
two presidents of the Chapter shall be members ex officio of the 
said Board of Managers." 

Article VII, Section i of the By-laws declares: "At each an- 
nual meeting or in the event of a vacancy at any regular meeting 
intervening, there may be elected by ballot from the membership 
of the Chapter, a Chaplain, who shall perform the usual duties 
pertaining to such office." 



50 



Officers 

of the 

Rochester Chapter 



Officers of the Rochester Chapter 

Elected July 4, 1894 

President, J. Wakren Cutler 
Vice-President, John H. Rochester 
Secretary, Edward G. Miner, Jr. 
Treasurer, Frederic P. Allen 
Registrar and Historian, W. W. Webb 
Chaplain, Rev. Henry Anstice, D. D. 

Elected October 17, 1895 

President, J. Warren Cutler 
Vice-President, John H. Rochester 
Secretary, Edward G. Miner, Jr. 
Treasurer, Frederic P. Allen 
Registrar and Historian, W. W. Webb 
Chaplain, Rev. Henry Anstice, D. D. 

Elected December 29, 1896 

President, John H. Rochester 

Vice-President, RuFus A. Sibley 

Secretary, Frank W. El wood 

Treasurer, Thomas Chester 

Registrar and Historian, William W. Webb 

Chaplain, Rev. Henry Anstice, D. D. 

Elected October 18, 1897 

♦President, John H. Rochester 

Vice-President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Treasurer, Thomas Chester 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

■•■Chaplain, Rev. Henry Anstice, D. D. 

Elected October 24, 1898 

President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 

Treasurer, William B. Farnham 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

♦President John H. Rochester resigned February 25, 1898. 
Dr. Enoch Vine Stoddard was elected President to fill the 
vacancy, and Mr. James H. Kelly was elected Vice-President 
February 25, 1898. Mr. Kelly resigned March 26, 1898. Mr. 
Arthur Robinson was elected Vice-President April 13, 1898. 

+Chaplain Rev. Henry Anstice resigned February 25, 1898. 

53 



Rochester Chapter 

I 899- I 900* 
President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 
Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1900-1901* 

President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 

Treasurer, William B. Farnham 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1901-1902* 
President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 
Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1902-1903* 
President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 
Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

I 903- I 904* 

President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 

Treasurer, William B. Farnham 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1904-1905* 

President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 

Treasurer, William B. Farnham 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

I 905- I 906* 

President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 

Treasurer, William B. Farnham 

Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 

Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

'Officers of previous year holding over. 

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Sons of the American Revolution 

I 906- I 907* 
President, Enoch Vine Stoddard 
Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

I 907- I 908* 
President, Enoch Vine Stoddard* 
Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1908- 1909* 
President, 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

1909-1910* 
President, 

Vice-President, William J. McKelvey 
Treasurer, William B. Farnham 
Secretary, Edward D. Putnam 
Registrar and Historian, Charles Mulford Robinson 

Elected February 2, 191 1 
President, Clinton Rogers 
Vice-President, Harvey F. Remington 
Secretary, Herbert S. Draper 
Treasurer, John B. Howe 
Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 

Elected October 17, 191 1 
President, Clinton Rogers 
Vice-President, Harvey F. Remington 
Secretary, Herbert S. Draper 
Treasurer, John B. Howe 
Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 

Elected October 17, 1912 
President, Harvey F. Remington 
Vice-President, Charles E. Ogden 
fSecretary, Herbert S. Draper 
Treasurer, John B. Howe 
Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 
Chaplain, Rev. James T. Dickinson, D. D. 

•Officers of previous year holding over. 

+Died June 7, 1908. 

tHerbert S. Draper resigned January 8, 1913. Edward R. 
Foreman elected January 8, 1913. 

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Rochester Chapter 

Elected October 17, 191 3 

President, Harvey F. Remington 
Vice-President, Charles E. Ogden 
Secretary, Edward R. Foreman 
Treasurer, John B. Howe 
Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 

Note: — No Chaplain was elected, Rev. James T. Dickinson 
D. D., holding over until his successor be elected. 

Elected October 17, 1914 

President, Harvey F. Remington 
Vice-President, Charles E. Ogden 
Secretary, Edward R. Foreman 
Treasurer, John B. Howe 
Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 
Chaplain, Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

Elected October 18, 19 15 

President, Charles E. Ogden 

Vice-President, W. H. H. Rogers 

Secretary, Raymond G. Dann 

Treasurer, John B. Howe 

Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 

Chaplain, Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

Elected October 17, 1916 

President, Charles E. Ogden 

Vice-President, W. H. H. Rogers 

Secretary, Raymond G. Dann 

Treasurer, John B. Howe 

Registrar and Historian, Frank J. Hess 

Chaplain, Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

Elected October 17, 1917 

President, Charles E. Ogden 

Vice-President, W. H. H. Rogers 

Secretary, Raymond G. Dann 

Treasurer, John B. Howe 

Chaplain, Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

Elected January 15, 191 8 

Registrar, Frank J. Hess 
Historian, George H. Clark 

Elected November 22, 1918 

President, George B. Sage 

Vice-President, Raymond G. Dann 

Secretary, William B. Boothby 

Treasurer, John B. Howe 

Registrar, Winfred J. Smith 

Historian, Thomas H. Remington 

Chaplain, Rev. Melville R. Webster, D. D. 

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Managers 

of the 

Rochester Chapter 



Note: — As originally adopted the Constitution of the Rochester 
Chapter provided for a Board of Managers, consisting of the Presi- 
dent, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar and Historian, 
and four other members to be elected at the annual meeting by 
ballot. As amended January 12, 1916, the Board of Managers was 
declared to be constituted of twelve persons, six officers of the 
Chapter (President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar 
and Historian), and four other members of the Chapter, together 
with the last two retiring presidents. 

The following includes only members of the Board of Managers 
other than officers. The names of Officer Managers may be found 
in the list of officers for the corresponding year. 



Managers of the Rochester Chapter 

Appointed July 4, 1894 
George C. Buell James G. Cutler 

Frank W. Elw JOD John H. Stedman 

Elected October 17, 1895 

George C. Buell James G. Cutler 

Frank W. Elwood John H. Stedman 

Elected December 29, 1896 

J. Warren Cutler James H. Kelly 

Clinton Rogers J. Foster Warner 

Elected October 18, 1897 
J. Foster Warner Clinton Rogers 

William W. Webb George M. Elwood 

Elected October 24, 1898 



Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 



Clinton Rogers 
J. Foster Warner 

•Managers of previous year holding over 

59 



William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

I 899- I 900* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

I 900-1 90 I* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

1901-1902* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

I 902-1 903* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

I 903-1 904* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

1904-1905* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

I 905- I 906* 

William W. Webb 
George M. Elwood 

Died April 30. 1906 
I906-I907 

William W. Webb 



Rochester Chapter 

1907- 1908* 
Clinton Rogers William W. Webb 

J. Foster Warner 

1908-1909* 
Clinton Rogers William W. Webb 

J. Foster Warner 

1909-1910* 
Clinton Rogers William W. Webb 

J. Foster Warner 

Elected February 2, 191 1 

William J. McKelvey Edward D. Putnam 

Charles E. Ogden Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 17, 191 1 

William J. McKelvey Edward D. Putnam 

Charles E. Ogden Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 17, 1912 

William H. H. Rogers W. J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 17, 1913 
William H. H. Rogers William J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 17, 1914 
William H. H. Rogers William J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 18, 19 15 
Edward R. Foreman William J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Elected October 17, 1916 
Edward R. Foreman William J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Clinton Rogers, Harvey F. Remington, 

ex officio ex officio 

Elected October 17, 191 7 
Edward R. Foreman William J. McKelvey 

Edward D. Putnam Frederick W. Yates 

Clinton Rogers, Harvey F. Remington, 

ex officio ex officio 

Elected November 22, 1918 
Arthur E. Sutherland Charles H. Wiltsie 

Edward R. Foreman Frederick W. Yates 

Harvey F. Remington, Charles E. Ogden, 

ex officio ~ ex officio 

•Managers of previous year holding over. 



60 



Active Members 

of the 
Rochester Chapter 



Note: — The active membership of the Rochester Chapter 
numbers ii6. 



Active Members 
of the Rochester Chapter 



Aldridge, George Washington 

96 Plymouth Avenue 
Almy, Willey Henry 

2125 East Avenue 
Alden, John 

50 Meigs Street 
Anstice, Josiah 

265 Culver Road 
Arnold, James Brewster-Beecher 150 

721 University Avenue 
Ashley, Wallace Osborne 

225 Culver Road 
Atwell, George Washington 

Lima, N. Y. 
Barnum, Nathaniel Culver 

708 University Avenue 
Bean, Charles Danford 

Geneva, N. Y. 
Bent, Walter Gregory 

286 Flower City Park 
Blackman, William Russell 

296 Seneca Parkway 
Boothby, William Bell 

903 Culver Road 
Bradt, Chauncey Stevens 

144 Corwin Road 
Bradt, Willard Smith 

477 Plymouth Avenue 
Brewster, Elisha Franklin 

141 South Fitzhugh Street 
Briggs, Chauncey Millar 115 3108 28258 

Chicago, 111. 
Brodhead, George Hamilton 52 1203 10903 

19 South Goodman Street 
Browne, Judson Frederick 152 3431 31856 

97 Hobart Street 

Burnham, Leland Frank 147 3391 31466 

Fairport, N. Y. 
Chapin, Reed Thompson 136 3410 31635 

4 Main Street West 
Clark, George Halford 119 3143 28468 

151 Plym.outh Avenue 
Clement, Frank H. 116 3111 28261 

46 Lorimer Street 

63 



Chapter 
No. 


State 
No. 


National 
No. 


47 


2141 


1854I 


49 


985 


9185 


46 


2292 


19567 


3 


476 


4576 


;ri50 


341 1 


31636 


48 


2055 


17905 


98 


2890 


25740 


50 


622 


7122 


94 


2872 


25522 


III 


2978 


26953 


51 


2415 


20815 


127 


3317 


30567 


155 


3440 


31865 


156 


3439 


31864 


138 


3379 


31454 



Rochester Chapter 



Cobb, Amos Hubbell 

Brighton, N. Y. 
Coit, Charles Welles 

1019 Park Avenue 
Curtice, Edgar Newell 

814 East Avenue 
Cutler, James Goold 

766 East Avenue 
Cutler, Joseph Warren 

94 Merriman Street 
Danford, Warner Edwin 

Sodus, N. Y. 
Dann, Raymond Goodrich 

745 Harvard Street 
Dewey, Alvin Hiram 

50 Harper Street 
Douglas, Alexander 

291 Rosedale Street 
Draper, Herbert Stone 

225 Meigs Street 
Eastwood, Albert Bigelow 

262 Culver Road 
Eaton, George Luther 
(Life Member) 

212 North Goodman Street 
Foreman, Edward Reuben 

1740 Highland Avenue 
Fuller, George Reilley 

1 510 East Avenue 
Garfield, Charles Fowler 

148 Plymouth Avenue 
Gilman, Edward Harry 

65 West Avenue 
Gordon, George Cooley 

139 Troup Street 
Griffeth, Chester Parkhurst 

41 Lake View Park 
Griffin, Irving 

Churchville, N. Y. 
Griswold, Samuel Butler 

28 Reynolds Street 
Hayes, Harold Fayette 

301 Meigs Street 
Hess, Frank Judson 

245 Plymouth Avenue 
Higgins, Frank Harrison 

Olean, N. Y. 
Hinrichs, Frederic William 

San Antonio, Texas 



Chapter 
No. 


State 
No. 


National 

No. 


84 


2702 


23702 


129 


3330 


30855 


53 


2138 


18538 


II 


162 


4162 


12 


163 


4163 


125 


3288 


30288 


102 


3019 


27219 


99 


2887 


25737 


139 


3378 


31453 


54 


2574 


22474 


70 


2630 


22905 


55 


2420 


20820 


et 
87 


2776 


24701 


57 


1362 


1 1987 


85 


2755 


24430 


135 


3355 


31180 


112 


1707 


15057 


118 


1252 


1 1 102 


146 


3374 


3III9 


109 


2942 


26467 


88 


2817 


24892 


69 


1317 


1 1 592 


124 


3286 


30286 


105 


3015 


27215 



64 



Sons of the American Revolution 



Holden, Alexander Martin 

Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
Hopkins, Charles Comstock 

208 Westminster Road 
Hotaling, Joshua Benjamin 

133 Shepard Street 
Howe, Jacob 

181 Chili Avenue 
Howe, John Bigelow 

269 Alexander Street 
Kiehel, Constantine David 

43 South Washington Street 
Loomis, George Welch 

95 Gardiner Avenue 
Lord, Anson Malcolm 

Brighton, N. Y. 
Mandeville, William Sylvester 
Mincer 

14 Portsmouth Terrace 
McKelvey, William James 

9 Locust Street 
McMaster, Alonzo DiLuzon 

Summerville, N. Y. 
Mills, Roger Quarles 

121 Shepard Street 
Moulthrop, Samuel Parker 

40 Phelps Avenue 
Newman, Charles Sumner 

150 Kislingbury Street 
Ocumpaugh, Edmund, 2nd 

121 Brunswick Street 
Ogden, Charles Edwin 

165 Harvard Street 
Ogden, Philip 

165 Harvard Street 
Osburn, Emory Wallace 

8 Oliver Street 
Palmer, Charles Howard, Jr. 

New York City 
Phelps, Jonathan Rider 

41 Brighton Street 
Pierce, Samuel Chase 

49 Greig Street 
Putnam, Edward DeForest 

9 Exposition Park 
Remington, Ezra Potter 

44 Quincy Street 
Remington, Harvey Foote 

27 Reservoir Avenue 



Chapter 
No. 


State 
No. 


National 
No. 


106 


1826 


15976 


93 


741 


8441 


122 


3235 


29785 


114 


3106 


28256 


58 


2394 


20594 


162 

it 


3409 


31634 


42 


1268 


IIII8 


86 


2761 


24436 


it 
68 


2464 


21339 


39 


574 


5374 


113 


3099 


27849 


143 


3396 


31471 


140 


3377 


31452 


107 


3085 


27835 


lOI 


2994 


26969 


59 


2602 


22627 


130 


3331 


30856 


60 


1326 


1 1726 


62 


2503 


21803 


81 


2698 


23598 


80 


2690 


23590 


19 


503 


5303 


151 


3383 


31458 


43 


1302 


1 1577 



65 



Rochester Chapter 



Remington, Harvey Foote, Jr. 

27 Reservoir Avenue 
Remington, John Warner 

27 Reservoir Avenue 
Remington, Thomas Howard 

22 Reservoir Avenue 
Remington, William Brodie 

33 Reservoir Avenue 
Remington, Willis Eugene 

Camp Kearney, Cal. 
Robinson, Fred Bowen 

66 Meigs Street 
Rogers, Clinton 

127 Spring Street 
Rogers, Rochester Hart 

75 Brunswick Street 
Rogers, Wm. Henry Harrison 

Albany, N. Y. 
Ruliffson, Raymond John 

170 Seneca Parkway 
Sage, George Burrows 

713 Park Avenue 
Satterlee, Hugh 

333 Oxford Street 
Sherman, John 

Los Angeles, Cal. 
Smith, Charles Walter 

254 Culver Road 
Smith, Lawrence Newton 

Barnard, N. Y. 
Smith, Winfred Jennings 

151 Harvard Street 
Spencer, Edmond Sherwood 

255 Lark Street 
Spraker, Charles Batchelder 

184 Laburnum Crescent 
Stearns, William Henry 

9 Granger Place 
Sutherland, Andrew Reed 

105 Bellevue Drive 
Sutherland, Arthur Eugene 

105 Bellevue Drive 
Townsend, Spencer Albert 

LeRoy, N. Y. 
Treman, Leonard 

439 Meigs Street 
Trimble, Louis Callender 

347 Rosewood Terrace 
Tucker, Earl William 

New York City 



Chapter 

No. 


State 

No. 


National 
No. 


133 


3333 


30858 


131 


3335 


30860 


104 


3022 


27222 


132 


3334 


30859 


154 


3442 


31857 


121 


3153 


29003 


35 


687 


7187 


134 


3337 


30862 


75 


2660 


23IIO 


100 


2967 


26717 


90 


2832 


25032 


126 


3274 


30149 


120 


2668 


3478 


24 


426 


4526 


117 


3122 


28272 


144 


3394 


31469 


137 


3363 


3I188 


91 


2833 


25033 


64 


968 


9168 


149 


3402 


31627 


148 


3401 


31626 


161 


3454 


32079 


108 


3104 


28254 


96 


2864 


25514 


153 


2984 


26959 



66 



Sons of the American Revolution 



< 


"hapter 


State 


National 




No. 


No. 


No. 


Van Arsdale, James Henry, Jr. 


158 


3438 


31863 


Castile, N. Y. 








Walbridge, Edward Newton 


37 


562 


5362 


107 South Fitzhugh Street 








Wall, William Herbert 


92 


945 


8895 


109 Vassar Street 








Warner, J. Foster 


29 


492 


4592 


5 Prince Street 








Warren, Jesse Burton 


128 


3322 


30572 


919 Culver Road 








Weaver, Paul 


89 


2821 


24896 


142 Broadway 








Webster, Rev. Melville Reuben 


36 


600 


5400 


149 Earl Street 








Weed, Francis Malcolm 


159 


3444 


31869 


79 Avondale Park 








Weed, Howard Kenneth 


157 


3446 


3187I 


79 Avondale Park 








Weed, Julian Bishop 


160 


3445 


31870 


79 Avondale Park 








Whelpley, David 


141 


3362 


31187 


Scarsdale, N. Y. 








Whiting, William Henry 


103 


3024 


27224 


149 Lyndhurst Street 








Williams, Charles Miller 


72 


2622 


22647 


43 Merriman Street 








Williams, Dr. Henry Timothy 


82 


2699 


23599 


274 Alexander Street 








Williams, Nathan Gallup 


123 


3250 


3181 


593 Park Avenue 








Wiltsie, Charles Hastings 


66 


926 


8876 


123 Plymouth Avenue 








Woodworth, Chauncey Clark 


97 


2866 


25516 


112 Brunswick Street 








Wright, John Sears 


38 


795 


8495 


Barnard, N. Y. 








Yates, Arthur 


145 


3385 


31460 


1040 East Avenue 








Yates, Frederick Langdon 


142 


3372 


3II97 


1040 East Avenue 








Yates, Frederick William 


67 


2413 


20813 


1040 East Avenue 









INACTIVE MEMBERS 
OF THE ROCHESTER CHAPTER 

Farnham, William Bolton 41 1034 9559 

39 Oxford Street 



67 



Honor Roll 

of 

Members in Service 



69 



Note: — List of members of the Rochester Chapter who are 
represented by the thirty-four stars on our service flag (see 
frontispiece). 



Honor Roll 
of Members in Service 

November ii, 191 8 

Brewster, Elisha Franklin, 

Second Lieutenant, supply officer. Squadron B, 
Cavalry, New York Guard 

Briggs, Chauncey Millar, 
Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 

Brown, Judson Frederick, M. D., 
First Lieutenant, M. C. U. S. A. 

Douglas, Alexander, 

Second Lieutenant, Field Artillery, U. S. N. A., 
France 

GiLMAN, Edward Harry, 

First Lieutenant, Adjutant, 309th Machine Gun 
Battalion, U. S. N. A. 

Griffeth, Chester Parkhurst, 

First Lieutenant, Adjutant, Third Battalion, Third 
Infantry, New York Guard 

Hess, Frank Judson, 

Lieutenant Colonel, Officers Reserve List, National 
Guard, New York 

Higgins, Frank Harrison (Olean, N. Y.), 
Lieutenant, N. G. N. A. 

Hinrichs, Frederic William, 

Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. A., Commandant, San 
Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Texas 

Ogden, Philip, 

Second Lieutenant, U. S. N. A. 

Palmer, Charles Howard, Jr., 

Captain, Company A, 304th Engineers, U. S. A. 

Palmer, Henry Brewster, 

Aviator, French Army. Died in France November 
12, 1917 

Remington, Ezra Potter, 

Lieutenant, 78th Army Division, Third Corps, 
Headquarters Division 

Remington, Harvey Foote, Jr., 
Ensign, U. S. N. 

Remington, John Warner, 

Ensign, U. S. Battleship Vermont 

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Rochester Chapter 

Remington, Thomas Howard, 

Captain, 309th Infantry, France 

Remington, William Brodie, 

Lieutenant, Third Aero Squadron 

Remington, Willis Eugene, 

Captain, 48th Machine Gun Battalion, U. S. A. 

Rogers, Rochester Hart, 

First Lieutenant, U. S. N. A. 

Smith, Lawrence Newton, 

Captain, Company G, Third Infantry, National 
Guard, New York 

Spencer, Edmond Sherwood, 
Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 

Sutherland, Andrew Reed, 

Prior to April, 19 17, was a charter member and 
Sergeant of Troop H, Cavalry, National Guard, 
New York. He was commissioned Second Lieu- 
tenant, Cavalry, Reserve Corps, March, 1917. 
In August, 1917, he was commissioned First Lieu- 
tenant, Cavalry, U.S. R., and assigned to the 309th 
Machine Gun Battalion, which went to France 
in the spring of 1918. He saw service in the 
battle line until ordered back to the United 
States as a machine gun instructor. He was 
then promoted to a captaincy and assigned to 
the 60th Machine Gun Battery of the 20th 
Division, U. S. N. A., stationed at Camp Sevier, 
S. C, until the date of the signing of the armistice 
November 11, 1918. He was honorably dis- 
charged January 29, 1919. 

Townsend, Spencer Albert, 
Major, U. S. A. 

Trimble, Louis Callender, 

Major, Ordnance Department, New York Guard 

Tucker, Earl William, 
Ensign, U. S. N. R. F. 

Van Arsdale, James Henry, Jr., 

Private, 12th Observation Battery, F. A. C. O. T. S., 
Camp Taylor, Ky. 

Walbridge, Edward Newton, 
Captain, U. S. N. R. F. 

Wall, William Herbert, 

Second Lieutenant, Troop H, Squadron B, Cavalry, 
New York Guard 

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Sons of the American Revolution 

Weed, Francis Malcolm, 

First Class Quartermaster, U. S. N. R. F. 

Weed, Howard Kenneth, 

Captain, Quartermaster's Corps, U. S. A. 

Weed, Julian Bishop, 

Second Lieutenant, 56th Regiment Field Artillery, 
U. S. A. 

Whelpley, David, 

First Lieutenant, 102nd United States Engineers, 
A. E. F., France 

Woodworth, Chauncey Clark, 

Member Troop H, Squadron B, Cavalry, New 
York Guard 

Yates, Frederick Langdon, 

First Lieutenant, U. S. N. A., Commanding officer 
Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md. 



MEMBERS IN Y. M. C. A. WORK 

CoiT, Charles W., 

Y. M. C. A. Secretary, France 

Foreman, Edward R., 

Y. M. C. A. Secretary, U. S. A., S. A. P., Kodak 
Park, Rochester, N. Y. 

Putnam, Edward D., 

Volunteer worker in charge of Y. M. C. A. Recrea- 
tional room for soldiers at Exposition Park 

RuLiFFsoN, Raymond J., 

Y. M . C. A. Secretary, France. (With French Army) 



MEMBERS IN RED CROSS WORK 

Eastwood, Albert B., 

Assistant Manager, Potomac Division, American 
Red Cross 



73 



Sons of 
Members in Service 



Sons of Members in Service 

Aldridge, George Washington, Jr. (Son of George 
W. Aldridge), 

69th Regiment, 17th Battalion, U. S. N. A. 

Anstice, Mortimer (Son of Josiah Anstice), 

First Lieutenant, Troop H, Cavalry, New York 
Guard 

Cobb, Amos Hubbell, Jr. (Son of Amos H. Cobb), 

Cadet Flight Officer, C. Q. M., Naval Aviation, 
U. S. N. R. F. 

Dewey, Elliott Townley (Son of Alvin H. Dewey), 

Second Lieutenant, Motor Transport Corps, U. S. 

N. A. 

Dewey, Hugh Sylvester (Son of Alvin H. Dewey), 

Ensign, U. S. N., in command U. S. Submarine 
Chaser No. 21 

Fuller, George Gregg (Son of George R. Fuller), 

Captain, Equipment and Supply Department, 
General Staff, U. S. N. A. 

Griswold, Hamilton Coit (Son of Samuel B. Gris- 
wold), 

io6th Machine Gun Battalion, U. S. A. 

HoLDEN, Raleigh W. (Son of Alexander M. Holden), 
Y. M. C. A. Secretary, France 

Myers, Robert Evershed (Son of the late Robert M. 

Myers), 

Chief Petty Officer, U. S. N. 

OcuMPAUGH, Edmund, 3RD (Son of Edmund Ocum- 
paugh 2nd), 

Lieutenant Junior Grade, U. S. N. 

Sage, William Chester (Son of George B. Sage), 

Sergeant Major, 158th Field Artillery Brigade, 
83d Division, A. E. F. 

Treman, Leonard Carr (Son of Leonard Treman), 

Private, Ambulance Service, 67th Division, French 
Army 



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Walbridge, Arthur Hess (Son of Edward N. Wal- 
bridge), 

Second Lieutenant, U. S. N. R. F. 

Walbridge, Edward Dewey (Son of Edward N. 
Walbridge), 

First Lieutenant, U. S. N. 

Williams, Henry Ward (Son of Dr. Henry T. Wil- 
liams), 

Private, Medical Department, University of 
Pennsylvania, Student Army Training Corps 

Williams, Warren (Son of Nathan G. Williams), 

Sergeant, Company A, 334th Battalion, Tank Corps 



78 



Papers Read 
Before the Chapter 



Papers Read before the Chapter 

"Burgoyne's Campaign" 

Jonas Parker Varnum, October i8, 1897 

"French Colonial Times in the Genesee Valley" 

N. S. Olds, April 2, 191 1 

"The Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, Oct. 17, 1777" 
Charles E. Ogden, October 17, 191 1 

"Further History of Benedict Arnold" 

Charles H. Wiltsie, January 10, 1912 

"Samuel Adams" 

Charles E. Ogden, April 10, 1912 

"Patriotism" 

Charles E. Ogden, June 17, 1913 

"The Battlefield of Saratoga" 

Charles H. Wiltsie, October 17, 1913 

"An Outsider's View of the S. A. R." 

John D. Lynn, April 8, 1914 

"Instruction of Immigrants and Foreign Born in our 
Schools" 

Charles E. Finch, January 14, 1915 

"Benjamin Franklin" 

Charles E. Ogden, April 15, 1915 

"Organization of U. S. Army, and Mode of Defense" 

Frederic W. Hinrichs, October 18, 1915 

"Preparedness Against War" 

Enoch Vine Stoddard, January 12, 1916 

"Revolutionary Experiences of Abner Treman" 

Leonard Treman, April 19, 1916 

"America and the World War" 

George M. Grahame, 
Lieutenant British Recruiting Service, 

January 15, 1918 
"Anecdotes of Early Rochester" 

Dr. Rossiter Johnson, April 17, 1918 

"Greeting from our Sister Republic of France" 

Lieutenant Dewierzbicki, May 21, 1918 



81 



National Congress 

held in Rochester 

May 19, 20, 21, 1918 



The National Congress 

held in Rochester 

May 19, 20, 21, 1918 

The Rochester Chapter extended an invita- 
tion to the National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution to hold the 29th Annual 
Congress in this city. The invitation was 
accepted early in April, 191 8, by the national 
officers, who decided that even in the midst of 
war, time should be taken to convene the 
widely scattered representatives of our Society 
for the discussion of events as they affect our 
Nation and to place our Society in its rightful 
place as the heir of the spirit of our Revolu- 
tionary forefathers. 

The rigid economy required by the war 
dictated that lavish expenditure of money or 
an ostentatious program of entertainment be 
dispensed with. With the thought in mind 
that America had no energy to spare except 
as it aided in the prosecution of the war, the 
officers of the Rochester Chapter decided that 
the 29th Congress of the Sons of the American 
Revolution must be a War Congress; that 
Americanism should be its dominant note and 
that the opportunity for national patriotic 
service should be grasped to its fullest extent. 
With this clearly in view a general committee 
of arrangements was appointed consisting of 
Hon. Harvey F. Remington, Chairman; John 
B. Howe, Charles H. Wiltsie, George B. Sage, 
Edward R. Foreman, Samuel C. Pierce, Frank 
J. Hess and Raymond G. Dann. An advisory 
committee from Irondequoit Chapter of the 
Daughters of the American Revolution was 
composed of Mrs. Frank F. Dow, Regent; 
Mrs. Frederick W. Yates, Mrs. Charles H. 
Wiltsie, Mrs. Clarence H. Lunt, Mrs. George 
B. Sage and Mrs. Walter B. Jorris. 

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Rochester Chapter 

The first act of the general committee of 
arrangements was to prepare the following 
announcement which was printed and mailed 
to all delegates appointed to attend the 
Congress. 

"The dominant note of the Congress will be Ameri- 
canism and the imperative need of its finest and noblest 
interpretation during the present world crisis. The 
call for sacrifice is as insistent at this moment as it was 
in the days of the Revolution, and neither the soul of 
America nor the destiny of this Western Continent will 
be satisfied longer by material development and worldly 
prosperity. It is believed the Twenty-ninth Annual 
Congress of the National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution will have a very definite and 
ringing message to give to the nation in this respect. 

" In Annual Congress assembled we remind our- 
selves that the responsibility of winning the war is 
personal. Upon every man, woman and child in our 
land rests the issue. 

" The posters displayed on the streets state the case 
accurately in the declaration: 'When we win this war 
there will be just two kinds of people — those who did 
help and those who did not help.' This is the acid 
test of the great judgment day. 

"The events of the next six months will be of tran- 
scendent importance. This period is likely to be the 
most critical half-year in the world's history. 

"Today in America no organization has any reason 
for existence unless of use to humanity in this fearful 
crisis. The Sons of the American Revolution have a 
peculiar privilege and opportunity for service in stirring 
the historic imagination of the people. Success to 
America on land and sea will come only as our leaders 
reincarnate the spirit of Capt. John Parker on Lexing- 
ton Green and of Capt. John Paul Jones on the Bon 
Homme Richard and of countless other heroes of our 
glorious past. 

"The imperative duty of the Sons of the American 
Revolution is to aid in translating our great national 
feeling into present-day action. The salvation of our 
cause lies in the intelligent application of the historic 
sense, which is the perceiving gift of appreciation 
applied to the great personalities and events which 
have made and preserved us a nation. 

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Sons of the American Revolution 

"With full realization that in this solemn hour the 
clock of destiny is striking-in a thousand years of either 
good or evil, the Sons of the American Revolution and 
all other patriotic organizations should become more 
vital. Our Americanism must pass from a theory into 
a principle of life. 

"Finally, let every memberof theSonsof theAmeri- 
can Revolution cherish with reverence the service flags 
floating proudly all over our broad land, remembering 
that every star stands for a living soul devoted to the 
principle: 'The time has come to conquer or submit. 
For us there is but one choice — we have made it.' " 

The dignified simplicity of the Congress, 
the many distinguished men present and the 
urge of these stirring times gave the men of 
Rochester Chapter a fuller inspiration and a 
nobler ideal of patriotism for the future. 

May 19, 20 and 21, 1918, will be remem- 
bered by the men of Rochester Chapter who 
worked for the success of the Congress, as a 
golden memory of friends made, patriotic 
service rendered, and as days of which 
Rochester may well be proud. 

The opening service of the Congress was 
held on Sunday evening. May 19, in the 
auditorium of the Central Church. The dele- 
gates, preceded by the flag of the United States 
and the various S. A. R. banners, and escorted 
by Company 3, Rochester Home Defense 
League, under command of Captain Asher P. 
Whipple, marched to the church, where a 
special service was held and sermon delivered 
by the Rev. C. Waldo Cherry, whose fervent 
and stirring patriotic appeal will long be re- 
membered by his hearers. Social functions 
were not planned to be elaborate, but in 
harmony with the war spirit of the nation. 
The mid-day luncheon tendered the delegates 
by the Irondequoit Chapter, D. A. R., the 
splendid reception given them by Mr. and Mrs. 
Frederick W. Yates at their beautiful home, 
and the banquet which took place on the 

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Rochester Chapter 

evening of the last day of the Congress, were 
thoroughly enjoyed by every one who attend- 
ed them. 

The 29th Congress was held in the spacious 
halls of the Hotel Seneca and that hostelry 
was the official headquarters of the Congress. 



88 



Roll of Delegfates 

at the 

Rochester Congress 



Roll of Delegates at the 
Rochester Congress 

National Society Officers 
President General, Elmer Marston Wentworth, 
Iowa; Vice-President General, Philip F. Turner, Maine; 
Vice-President General, Thomas W. Williams, New 
Jersey; Secretary General, A. Howard Clark, District 
of Columbia; Historian General, David L. Pierson, 
New Jersey; Chaplain General, Rev. J. O. Foster, 
Washington State; Past President General, Morris B. 
Beardsley, Connecticut; Past President General, 
Newell B. Wood worth, New York; Past President 
General, Cornelius A. Pugsley, New York. 

State Society Delegates 
California: Lieut. Seabury C. Mastick, U. S. N. Res.; 

Arthur W. North. 
Connecticut: O. H. Brothwell, Lewis B. Curtis, Dr. 

G. C. F. Williams, Clarence H. Wickham, Charles 

Greene Stone, S. C. Loomis. 
Delaware: Col. George A. Elliott. 
District of Columbia: William S. Parks, Charles O. 

Parks, Dr. J. Newton Baker, Philip F. Larner, 

Hon. J. T. Du Bois, Clarence A. Kenyon, F. D. 

Fletcher. 
Illinois: William P. Reed, Frank S. Stetson, Col. G. V. 

Lauman, Fred A. Smith, C. H. Sudler, G. N. 

Wright. 
Iowa: Henry B. Hawley, John H. Cole. 
Louisiana: John H. Weston. 
Maine: Frederick S. Vaill, Augustus F. Moulton, 

Waldo Pettingill. 
Maryland: Col. J. H. Preston, George S. Robertson, 

Ira H. Houghton, Charles N. Boulden, Drayton M. 

Hite. 
Massachusetts: Charles French Read, William C. 

Nevin, Webster Bruce, Alfred F. Powers, Brig. 

Gen. Philip Reade, Grenville H. Norcross, T. Julien 

Silsby, Arthur E. Butman, Henry Fuller Punder- 

son, Samuel Punderson, George L. Gould, 

Richard H. Stacy, William S. Lyon, J. H. Gil- 
more, Jr. 
Michigan: Albert M. Henry, William Hill, Frederick 

J. Baldwin, W. M. Finck, George H. Barbour. 
Nebraska: Arthur H. Barton, A. E. Sheldon. 
New Jersey: Carl M. Vail, William J. Conkling, 

Oscar S. Thompson, August S. Crane, John B. 

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Rochester Chapter 

Wight, Thomas C. Colt, William E. Summers, 

B. M. Arnold, R. J. F. McCowan, John L. 
Merrill, Edward H. Lum, Dwight P. Cruikshank, 
S. Albert Clark, Frederick D. Hahn, Earle A. 
Miller, Charles A. Sterling, Edward Winslow, 
John H. Fertig, Joseph Merrill, R. O. Von 
Steuben, Ray H. Hart. 

New York (Empire State): Louis Annin Ames, 
Teunis D. Huntting, Colonel F. Judson Hess, 
P. Valentine Sherwood, Harvey F. Remington, 
S. L. Stewart, Herbert M. Chester, Colonel John 
W. Vrooman, Frank B. Steele, Walter C. Morris, 
Charles H. Wight, Colonel Samuel C. Pierce. 

Ohio: Joseph B. Doyle, Moulton Houk, George E. 

Pomeroy. 
Pennsylvania: Lieutenant Colonel L B. Brown. 

Rhode Island: Lieutenant George C. Arnold, General 
W. H. Walker. 

Utah: Honorable G. A. Smith, Professor L. E. Young. 

Virginia: Arthur B. Clarke. 

Wisconsin: L. K. Sands. 

The following officers of the National Society were 
elected at the Rochester Congress May 21, 191 8: 

President General 
Louis Annin Ames, New York 

Vice-President General 
Charles French Read, Massachusetts 

Vice-President General 
Thomas W. Williams, New Jersey 

Vice-President General 
Albert M. Henry, Michigan 

Vice-President General 

C. Robert Churchill, Louisiana 

Vice-President General 
Thomas A. Perkins, California 

Secretary General and Registrar General 
A. Howard Clark, District of Columbia 

Treasurer General 
John H. Burroughs, New York 

Historian General 
George Carpenter Arnold, Rhode Island 

Chaplain General 
Rev. Lee S. McCollester, D. D. 

Massachusetts 
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The Eddy Collection 

of 
Revolutionary Relics 



The Eddy Collection of 
Revolutionary Relics 

In the Chapter House of the Daughters of 
the American Revolution are displayed the 
interesting articles of the Eddy Collection of 
Revolutionary Relics, which vividly illustrate 
one of the most dramatic periods of the 
Revolutionary War. 

To one who has lived through the recent 
War with its ferocious horrors, the unfor- 
tunate campaign of Burgoyne, viewed in 
the mellow light of history, seems almost a 
romance of chivalry, by comparison. The 
very presence of Lady Harriet Ackland and 
Baroness Riedesel have cast a glamour over the 
entire expedition, which even the stern reali- 
ties of war have never quite overcome. 

To the student of American history, these 
objects collected from the battlefields of 
Bemis Heights, Stillwater and Saratoga 
become more eloquent witnesses of the reality 
of the Revolutionary struggle than many a 
printed page. In imagination it almost makes 
one an eye witness of the battles to see and 
handle the muskets and cannon balls, guns, 
pistols, battle axes and knives; the belts, 
spurs, canteens and shoe buckles, as well as 
the strange old wine bottles which General 
Burgoyne considered so necessary, and which 
no doubt helped to make the "Mountain of 
baggage" mentioned by historians. The sec- 
tion of bark taken from the tree under which 
Jane M'Crea was murdered, lying side 
by side with the terrible tomahawks of the 
Indians who accompanied Burgoyne, recon- 
struct one of the revolution's most tragic 
events. 

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The heavy Hessian brogans with soles 
nearly an inch thick, heavily studded with 
iron nails, are reminders of the fact that 
German military power nearly a century and 
a half ago was equipped and ready to resist 
the advance of human freedom. There are 
also the portraits of Lady Harriet Ackland 
and Baroness Riedesel, whose self-sacrifice and 
devotion seem to shed the soft light of 
romance on the entire expedition. 

The old weather vane from Fort Ticon- 
deroga, whose history looms like a background 
in the Revolutionary picture; and the pendu- 
lum of the clock which stood in Washington's 
headquarters at Newburgh, as well as the 
door-knocker from Gen. Knox's headquarters 
at Mortonville, conjure a vision of the grand 
and silent figure of the Commander-in-Chief 
and his most beloved General. 

When we view the model of the house in 
which Gen. Frazer died, made from the plank 
upon which he spent his last hours upon earth, 
we are vividly reminded of the little burial 
party conducting its sad ceremony to the 
accompaniment of minute guns fired by a 
chivalrous foe. 

Mr. S. Schuyler Eddy, whose father, the 
late Mr. Samuel G. Eddy of Stillwater, N. Y., 
made this collection, is a great grandson of 
Major General Philip Schuyler, who planned 
the campaign against Burgoyne, and a grand- 
son of Colonel Philip Schuyler. 

Before coming into possession of the Roches- 
ter Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, 
this collection had been sent :o a fair given at 
Albany for the benefit of the orphans of Civil 
War heroes; almost simultaneously occurred 
the death of its owner, and for several years 
the collection was lost. When it was later 
discovered in a store room of the National 

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Express Company at Albany, it was found 
that many of the articles of the original 
collection were missing. These have never 
been recovered, and the remainder, purchased 
from Mr. S. Schuyler Eddy, comprise our 
present collection. 

The members of Rochester Chapter value 
this collection very highly for its historical 
worth, and they are proud indeed to display 
it in so appropriate a setting, a place dedicated 
to perpetuating the memory of our Revolu- 
tionary ancestors and reverence for their 
achievements. 



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Allen, Frederic Percival, died May 2, 1905 
BiGELOW, Abner Paine, died July 24, 1913 
Briggs, John Stevens, died January 19, 1918 
BuELL, George Candee, died January 24, 1898 
Chamberlain, James Roswell, died January 29, 1910 
Clarke, Edward Smith, died August 30, 191 1 
Elwood, Frank Worcester, died June 6, 1899 
El wood, George May, died April 30, 1906 
Kimball, William Smith, died March 26, 1895 
Myers, Robert Madison, died October 24, 1914 
Palmer, Henry Brewster, died November 12, 1917 
Robinson, Charles Mxilford, died December 30, 1917 
Rochester, John Henry, died October 23, 1902 
Smith, Lester Bordman, died August 17, 1898 
Stoddard, Enoch Vine, died June 7, 1908 
Varnum, Jonas Parker, died March 11, 1907 
Whittlesey, William Seward, died February 26, 191 7 



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FREDERIC PERCIVAL ALLEN 

Frederic Percival Allen was born in Rochester 
on February 26, 1853, and died May 2, 1905, when on a 
business trip in Mexico. He received his education in 
the old Satterlee School and at the time his father, 
Samuel P. Allen, was collector, he was appointed cashier 
of the revenue office, and at the end of his father's term 
he became cashier of the Traders National Bank. 
Later, when Frederick Cook and his associates pur- 
chased the Bank of Rochester and organized the Ger- 
man-American Bank, Mr. Allen was appointed cashier 
and held that position until his death. In 1875 he 
married Caroline Clarke, daughter of Freeman Clarke. 
He was a director of the Rochester Trust and Safe 
Deposit Company, an elder and trustee of St. Peter's 
Presbyterian Church, and a member of the Genesee 
Valley and Country Clubs. 

On May 10, 1894, Mr. Allen was appointed a 
member of the Board of Trustees of the general sinking 
fund of the city. He was once associate city treasurer, 
secretary and treasurer of the Rochester Clearing House 
Association, treasurer of the Rochester Railway Com- 
pany, treasurer of the City Hospital, treasurer of the 
Rock Asphalt Paving Company, and treasurer of the 
National Savings and Loan Association. 

Mr. Allen was one of the founders of the Rochester 
Chapter. 



ABNER PAYNE BIGELOW 

Abner Payne Bigelow, born in Rochester, N. Y., 
September 29, 1852; died in Hartsdale, N. Y., July 24, 
1913. Son of Amariah P. and Clarissa (Kathan) 
Bigelow. 

He was an active member of the New York Lumber 
Trade Association and had been a vice-president for 
many years and a trustee up to the time of his death. 
He joined the Empire State Society, S. A. R., March 3, 
191 1. His revolutionary ancestor, Solomon Bigelow, 
was a corporal in Captain Abel Wilder's company 
of Colonel Ephraim Doolittle's regiment of Massa- 
chusetts Militia in 1775. 

He was elected to membership in the Rochester 
Chapter on April 12, 191 1. 

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JOHN STEVENS BRIGGS 

John Stevens Briggs was born in Newark, N. Y., 
November lo, 1866, and died in Rochester January 19, 
1918. 

He received his education at the University of 
Rochester, of which he was an alumnus, and a member 
of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. He was a member of 
Corinthian Temple Lodge, F. & A. M.; an organizer, 
past commander and acting secretary of Captain Henry 
Lomb Camp, Sons of Veterans, a member of the Roches- 
ter Ad Club and a member of the Rochester Chapter 
Sons of the American Revolution, having been elected 
on October 17, 1914. He was a writer of advertising. 

GEORGE CANDEE BUELL 

George Candee Buell was born in Genesee, 
N. Y., October 12, 1822. His parents were Eben 
Norton Buell and Rebecca Root. In 1830 the family 
removed to Rochester, where Mr. Buell began his 
business career at the age of fourteen. In 1842 he went 
to New York and remained two years. In 1844 he 
formed a copartnership in Rochester with Edward 
Brewster, which lasted one year, afterward continuing 
the business alone. At the time of his death, January 
24, 1898, he had been in the wholesale grocery business 
fifty-four consecutive years. Mr. Buell was an elder 
of the First Presbyterian Church for twenty years, 
and superintendent of the Sunday-school thirteen 
years. He was president of the Y. M. C. A. during 
one of its most critical periods. He was one of the 
organizers of the Traders National Bank, a director 
from its incorporation and vice-president for several 
years. He was one of the five commissioners who built 
the City Hall. He was president of the New York 
Central Railroad Commission on elevated tricks, a 
director of the New York Central and Hudson River 
Railroad, a trustee of Auburn Theological Seminary, 
Rochester Orphan Asylum and the State Industrial 
School. In 1888 he was appointed one of the four 
alternate delegates at large from the State of New York 
to the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis. 
He was a member of the Union League Club of New 
York City. In 1845 he married Julia Gilkinson, who 
died in 1847. He married Elizabeth H. Bloss in 1850, 
who died in 1863. In 1870 he married Alice E. Ely, 
who died June 14, 1918. 

Mr. Buell was one of the charter members of the 
Rochester Chapter. He served on the Board of Mana- 
gers for two years, being elected July 4, 1894, and re- 
elected October 17, 1895. 

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JAMES ROSWELL CHAMBERLAIN 

James Roswell Chamberlain was born in Troy, 
N. Y., September 19, 1825, and died at his home, 109 
Plymouth Avenue, Rochester, January 29, 1910. 

After studying at Troy Polytechnic Institute he 
came to Rochester and soon afterward engaged in the 
coal and lumber business, continuing in that until the 
outbreak of the Civil War. In 1861 he was mustered 
into the Third New York Cavalry as a sergeant and 
was attached to Bank's Division, Army of the Potomac. 

Among the engagements in which he took part were 
Tranter's Creek, Jacksonville, Plymouth, Cove Creek, 
Swift Creek, Camden, Dismal Swamp, Hatcher's Run, 
and the operations before Petersburg. He was trans- 
ferred from one command to another several times and 
was promoted to Lieutenant and to Captain. He was 
acting Colonel the latter part of the war. In the 
operations before Petersburg he was severely wounded 
and was in a hospital at Fortress Monroe several 
months. He was honorably discharged in 1864. 

After the war Mr. Chamberlain went into the 
rubber business and for forty years continued at the 
head of the Chamberlain Rubber Company. In 1849 
he married Jane Bellows, who died in 1904. They had 
one child, Jennie Chamberlain Dodds. He has been 
Master of Yonnondio Lodge, F. & A. M., a member of 
Loyal Legion and a vestryman of St. Luke's Episcopal 
Church. 

Mr. Chamberlain was elected to membership in the 
Rochester Chapter on September 14, 1896. 



EDWARD SMITH CLARKE 

Edward Smith Clarke was born in Rochester and 
died here August 30, 1911. 

His early years were spent in Washington, where 
his father held a high position in the government service. 
He prepared for college in Rochester and entered Yale 
University, from which he was graduated with the class 
of 1876. After three years of study at Heidelberg and 
Berlin he studied law at Columbia University and took 
his degree, but did not practice. 

He entered business and became president of the 
Rochester Box and Lumber Company. He was a 
member of Genesee Valley and Country Clubs, and 
various social and genealogical organizations. 

Mr. Clarke was one of the founders of the Rochester 
Chapter. 

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FRANK WORCESTER ELWOOD 

Frank Worcester Elwood was born in Rochester 
April 4, 1850, and died here June 6, 1899. He pre- 
pared for college in England, France and Germany; 
first under the tutelage of Rev. Humphreys Gurteen, a 
well known author, and later in Parisian and German 
schools. He entered Hobart College, Geneva, in 1869, 
and was graduated with the class of '73. He then 
went to Harvard, where he received the degree of A. B. 
in 1874. After that he studied at the Columbia Law 
School and was admitted to the bar in 1878. In 1879 
he erected the Elwood Building at Main and State 
Streets as a memorial to his father, Isaac R. Elwood. 

From 1881 to 1884, inclusive, he was engaged in the 
brokerage business under the firm name of Frank W. 
Elwood & Company. He had been vice-president of the 
Rochester Historical Society and secretary of the 
Rochester Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution. 
He was a founder of the Men's Church Club and a 
vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. He was a 
member of the Genesee Valley, Country and Rochester 
Clubs (and of the last had been its president), also a 
member of the University, Harvard and Union League 
Clubs of New York City. He was a D. K. E., Sigma 
Phi, and Hasty Pudding man. 

He married Mrs. Edward Jarvis Raymond, widow 
of Edward Jarvis Raymond, in April, 1885. 

The Elwood family is a pioneer in this state. The 
first Elwoods came to this country in 1748 and settled 
in Windsor, Montgomery County. 

Mr. Elwood was one of the charter members of 
the Rochester Chapter. 

GEORGE MAY ELWOOD 

George May Elwood was born in Rochester in 
1844 srid died here April 30, 1906, having lived here 
all his life excepting a few years spent in Chicago. 

About i860 he entered the Traders Bank and 
remained there two years, leaving to become superin- 
tendent of the Rural New Yorker. In 1869 he formed 
a copartnership with Edward Meigs Smith in the 
insurance business, which he continued until 1878, 
then sold out and became an adjuster of fire losses. 

In 1882 he married Mary Cheney of Puritan 
descent. Mr. Elwood was descended from distinguished 
Puritan ancestry, and his forefathers fought in the 
Revolution. In 1869 he was elected president of the 
Rochester Historical Society and was later its treasurer 

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for several years. He was one of the charter members 
of the Rochester Chapter, Sons of the American Revo- 
lution, and was one of the earlier members of the Society 
of the Colonial Wars. 

He was a member of the ExLibris Societies of 
Washington, Great Britain, Paris and Berlin; a fellow 
of the Royal Microscopic Society, a member of the 
Genesee Valley Club, the Citizens' Club of Syracuse, 
the Lotus Club, and of Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, 
F. & A. M. 

No sketch of Mr. Elwood's life would be complete 
which did not mention his collection of book plates and 
old and rare books and manuscripts. For several 
years this was a relaxation of his leisure hours. 

WILLIAM SMITH KIMBALL 

William Smith Kimball was born March 30, 1837, 
at Boscowen (now Pennacook), New Hampshire. He 
was educated in the local schools, private schools at 
Derry, N. H., Andover, Mass., and at Troy Polytechnic 
Institute. At fifteen he entered the Lawrence Locomo- 
tive Works, and mastered the trade of mechanic. 
After a period in the railroad shops of Concord, Mass., 
he came to Rochester. At the outbreak of the Civil 
War he was appointed a Master Mechanic in the Navy. 
He resigned in 1863 and returned to Rochester, engag- 
ing in the tobacco business. 

Mr. Kimball was president of the Post Express 
Printing Company, a trustee of the Rochester Savings 
Bank, president of the Union Bank, president of the 
City Hospital, president of the State Industrial School, 
vice-president of the Security Trust Company, vice- 
president of the American Tobacco Company, a direc- 
tor in the Rochester Railway Company, a director in the 
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railroad Company, and 
vice-president of the Lyceum Theatre Company. 

He was twice married. First to Miss Marion E. 
Keeler, daughter of Rufus Keeler, a former Mayor of 
Rochester, and after her death to Miss Laura B. 
Mitchell. He was one of the organizers of the Roches- 
ter Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Genesee 
Valley Club, a trustee of St. Peter's Presbyterian 
Church, a member of the Rod and Gun Club, of the 
Forestry Association, of the American Fishing Associa- 
tion, the Caledonia Fishing Club, the New York Asso- 
ciation for the Protection of Fish and Game, and the 
Genesee Valley Fish and Game Protective Association. 
He died March 26, 1895, at Princess Anne Club House, 
near Virginia Beach, Va. 

Mr. Kimball was a charter member of the Roches- 
ter Chapter. 

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ROBERT MADISON MYERS 

Robert Madison Myers was born at Fort Her- 
kimer, Herkimer County, N. Y., January 14, 1843, and 
died in Rochester October 24, 1914. He was the son of 
Robert Myers and Hannah Huested. In the Civil War 
he served in the Federal Army as surgeon steward in 
charge of the United States Ship Wyandotte, being 
later appointed Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue 
for the 20th District of New York. 

Before coming to Rochester in 1874 he was in 
business in Ilion, N. Y. When he came to Rochester 
he purchased an interest in the paper house of N. G. 
Hawley & Company. In 1880 he purchased his 
partner's interest and began business under the firm 
name of R. M. Myers & Company, continuing in it 
until his death. Seven years later he purchased the 
lot on the site of the old Clinton Hotel and erected a 
seven-story fireproof building in connection with that 
of the Livingston Hotel. In 1886 he was elected a 
director of the Rochester Trust & Safe Deposit Com- 
pany, and was senior director at the time of his death. 
He was a director of the old Commercial Bank, was its 
first president and remained chairman of the Board of 
Directors. He was one of the organizers of the Na- 
tional Bank of Commerce, having been elected its first 
president. At one time he was president of the Citizens 
Light and Power Company. He was treasurer of the 
L. H. Gardner Paper Company of Mumford, treasurer 
of the Garden City Paper Mills of St. Catherines, Ont., 
an officer of the Genesee Gypsum Co., an officer of the 
Automatic Railway Appliance Company and was 
connected with several other enterprises. He was a 
trustee of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce, a 
member of the Rochester Whist Club, the Rochester 
Country Club and other organizations. 

He married Mary Evershed in 1886, by whom he 
is survived, and left two children, Robert Evershed 
Myers and Margaret Myers (now Mrs. Howard T. 
Gumming). He was also survived by a sister, Miss 
Martha H. Myers of Mohawk, N. Y. 

Mr. Myers was elected to membership in the 
Rochester Chapter on January 14, 1914, being eligible 
by descent from Frederick Myers, a private in the Third 
Regiment of the New York Line during the Revolution. 



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HENRY BREWSTER PALMER 

Henry Brewster Palmer was born in Rochester, 
N. Y., December 25, 1888. He attended the Lewis 
School and Bradstreet's Preparatory School. 

He entered St. George's School, Newport, R. I., 
1903. Played on school football, baseball, tennis and 
hockey teams. Entered Harvard 1906. Played on 
Freshman baseball team and Harvard second baseball 
team. Member of Harvard Polo Club, D. K. E., 
Hasty Pudding and Delphic Clubs. Graduated from 
Harvard 1910. 

He traveled abroad for six months and upon return 
entered the bond business in New York City. In 1912 he 
entered the bond business in San Francisco, returning 
to New York in 1914. 

He entered the American Ambulance Service in 
France June 25, 1916, for a period of seven months, 
upon completion of which he re-enlisted for a period of 
six months. 

He was transferred to Greece October i, 19 16, with 
Section 3 of the American Ambulance Corps, driving 
the Harvard 1910 Class Ambulance. 

He returned to France May, 1917; was cited to the 
Order of the Brigade by the General Commander and 
Chief of the Allied Armies in the Orient for services in 
the Lorraine Campaign, at Verdun and with the Army 
of the Orient. Awarded the Croix de Guerre by the 
French Army of the Orient for courageous action in 
removing wounded in the region of Monastir between 
October, 1916, and December, 1916. 

He entered the Ecole d'Aviation Militaire June 7, 
19 1 7, and completed training, receiving his military 
brevet September 30, 1917. 

He died of pneumonia November 12, 1917, and 
was buried at Pau, France, with the highest military 
honors. 

Extract from Diploma of French Government — 
citation for bravery relating to services of Henry B. 
Palmer from June 24, IQ16, to May 11, igiy: 

"Well before the entrance of the United States into 
the war, he was of the campaign in Lorraine, Verdun, 
and with the Army of the Orient, serving as an ambu- 
lance driver in the American Sanitary Section No. 3. 

"He has been cited to the Order of the Brigade by 
the General Commander and Chief of the Allied 
Armies in the Orient." 

Mr. Palmer was elected to membership in the 
Rochester Chapter on January 11, 191 1. 

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CHARLES MULFORD ROBINSON 

Charles Mulford Robinson was born in Ramapo, 
Rockland County, April 30, 1869, and died in Albany, 
N. Y., December 30, 191 7. 

He was graduated by the University of Rochester 
in 1 891 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Fourteen 
years later the University conferred on him the degree 
of Master of Arts. In 1896 he married Eliza Ten Eyck 
Pruyn, of Albany. From 1891 to 1902, with frequent 
intervals devoted to foreign travel and study, he was 
on the editorial staff of the Post Express. In 1904 he 
became an editorial writer on the Philadelphia Ledger, 
and from 1907 to 1912 was a contributing editor of the 
Survey and the Architectural Record. He was a 
frequent contributor to Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic 
Monthly and Outlook. He was a member of the Phi 
Beta Kappa and Psi Upsilon fraternities, the Genesee 
Valley Club and the Arts and Crafts Club of New York 
City. He was the organizer and secretary of the 
Alliance of Civic Organizations, secretary of the Ameri- 
can Park and Outdoor Art Association, honorary 
member of the National Committee of Nine of the 
Architectural League of America in Civic Improve- 
ment. Honorary member of English S. C. A. P. A., 
and corresponding member of the Twentieth Century 
Club of Rochester, besides many more American and 
foreign clubs, societies, organizations and committees. 
His early studies were concerned with the betterment 
of communities, and in time his services became in 
great demand as a city planner and general civic 
adviser. He was summoned to many communities 
to solve municipal problems and was valued in the 
United States and foreign countries as a city-planning 
expert. 

In 1913 Mr. Robinson was appointed professor of 
civic design at the University of Illinois, the first chair 
of its kind in the United States (the chair being estab- 
lished for him), and retained that post until his death. 

Besides being known and famed for his construct- 
ive work in city planning, Mr. Robinson wrote several 
books that have been widely read and used as text 
books in universities in the United States and foreign 
countries. He had lived in Rochester for many years. 

Mr. Robinson was a charter member of the Roches- 
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JOHN HENRY ROCHESTER 

John Henry Rochester, a grandson of the founder 
of this city, was born here April 20, 1828, and died here 
October 23, 1902. He was the son of Thomas Hart 
Rochester, who was the third son of Colonel Nathaniel 
Rochester, originally a Virginian, a member of the 
provincial let^islature of North Carolina, and an officer 
in the Revolutionary War. 

He was educated in the public schools of this 
city, and at the age of eighteen entered upon his life's 
work in the Rochester City Bank, of which his 
father was president. Later he carried on a private 
banking business for five years with his brother under 
the firm name of John H. Rochester & Brother. He 
next became cashier of the Flour City Bank. Three 
years later when the Mechanics Savings Bank was 
chartered he was elected its secretary and treasurer and 
held the office for thirty-one years. He retired from 
active business in 1899. In 1853 he married Miss 
Elizabeth L. Moore, of Vicksburg, Miss. He was a 
member of the Genesee Valley Club, Whist Club and 
the Rochester Club. He was the oldest parishioner of 
St. Luke's Episcopal Church in point of membership, 
for twenty-seven years treasurer of the Church Home, 
treasurer of the Red Cross and Yellow Fever Fund, 
and president of the Rochester Historical Society. 

He was among the first to be appointed to the 
Board of Park Commissioners and was its vice-presi- 
dent for several years. 

Mr. Rochester was one of the founders of the 
Rochester Chapter. He was elected the first vice-pres- 
ident on July 4, 1894, re-elected on October 17, 1895. 
Elected president December 26, 1896, re-elected October 
18, 1897, from which office he resigned February 
25, 1898. 

LESTER BORDMAN SMITH 

Captain Lester Bordman Smith of Company H, 
Third New York Volunteer Infantry, died August 17, 
1898. He was born in this city January 3, 1867, son 
of Charles F. Smith and Sarah Gardner Long. He was 
instructed in private schools of Rochester; was two 
years in St. Paul's, Concord, at Dr. Lee's Fort Hill 
School, Canandaigua, and then entered Union College. 
Upon leaving college he entered the offices of Smith, 
Perkins & Co., wholesale grocers, of which his father 
was the head, and which had been founded by his 
grandfather, and of which he was secretary at the time 
of his death. He married Charlotte E. Cooke, daughter 
of Martin W. Cooke, who died in 1896. 

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Captain Smith was one of the original members of 
the First Separate Company, having enrolled as a 
private. He was elected sergeant August ii, 1890; 
second lieutenant October 11, 1892; first lieutenant 
April 19, 1893; captain June 3, 1894. With his com- 
pany Captain Smith left Rochester during the war 
with Spain, Sunday, May i, 1898, for Camp Black. 
Six weeks before his death he left Camp Alger suffering 
from illness that proved fatal. 

Mr. Smith was a charter member of the Rochester 
Chapter. 

ENOCH VINE STODDARD 

Dr. Enoch Vine Stoddard was born in New 
London, Connecticut, July 10, 1840, and died in 
Rochester, New York, June 7, 1908. He was the son 
of Enoch Vine Stoddard of Groton, Connecticut, and 
Mary Smith Allen of Fisher's Island, Connecticut, 
whose great-grandfather, Colonel Oliver Smith, was 
aide-de-camp to Washington during the Revolution. 
He was a lineal descendant through his mother of 
Gurdon Saltonstall, colonial governor of Connecticut, 
and William Coddington and Peleg Sanford, colonial 
governors of Rhode Island. Through both his father 
and his mother he was descended from Elder William 
Brewster, and through his mother from John Holand, 
John Tilly and Francis Cook of the Mayflower. 

He graduated from Trinity College, Hartford, 
Connecticut, in i860, and was given the degree of 
Master of Arts by that institution in 1863. After 
college he attended Yale Medical School and in 1862 
was made resident physician of the Knight United 
States General Hospital and of the Connecticut State 
Hospital. In 1863 he went to the Albany Medical 
College, as its graduation date was earlier, and he could 
enter tlae army more quickly. He was commissioned 
assistant surgeon after his graduation in 1863, and 
assigned to the First United States Chasseurs, later 
re-named the 65tli New York Volunteers. This regi- 
ment was attached to the Sixth Corps, Army of the 
Potomac, and with it he served through many of the 
hardest battles and campaigns of the Civil War. He 
was promoted to surgeon and in 1864 was mustered out 
with the rank of major. Among the battles in which 
he took part were Gettysburg, Mine Run, Fredericks- 
burg, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Cold Harbor, and the 
Wilderness. He was also with Sheridan in the Shenan- 
doah Valley. 

Dr. Stoddard came to Rochester in 1865 and prac- 
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physician at the City Hospital for more than a quarter 
of a century and Commissioner of Health for the city 
in 1876. From 1873 to 1889 he was professor of materia 
medica in the University of Buffalo Medical College 
and was professor emeritus at the time of his death. 
From 1886 to 1889 he was dean of the College of Phar- 
macy of the University of Buffalo. A member of the 
city, county, state and national medical societies, he 
served as president of the first two. 

He was for many years president of the Rochester 
Humane Society, resigning in 1893 to become com- 
missioner of the New York State Board of Charities. 
He was vice-president of this board from 1894 until 
1903 and its president from that time until he resigned 
because of ill health in 1908. He was first president 
of the Charity Organization Society and a director of 
the Mechanics Institute. He published the result of 
his medical researches in numerous articles for medical 
magazines and encyclopaedias. He also found time 
for a close study of historical matters and was the 
author of "Bertrand du Guesclin," a history. 

Dr. Stoddard was president of the Rochester 
Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, his mem- 
bership being based on direct descent from Ralph 
Stoddard and Vine Stoddard, who served as captain and 
ensign respectively, in the Revolutionary War. He 
was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the 
Military Order of the Loyal Legion and the George H. 
Thomas Post, G. A. R. He was a charter member of 
the Genesee Valley Club, secretary of the Pundit Club, 
a member of the University Club of New York. He 
was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. 

On June 5, 1869, he married Katherine A. Conkey, 
who died September 3, 1870. On September 18, 1878, 
he married Caroline Sarah Butts by whom he had one 
daughter and one son. 

Dr. Stoddard was one of the founders of the Roches- 
ter Chapter. He was elected vice-president October 
18, 1897. Elected president February 25, 1898, to fill 
the vacancy caused by the resignation of President John 
H. Rochester. He was re-elected president October 24, 
1898, and held this office until the date of his death, 
June 7, 1908. 

JONAS PARKER VARNUM 

Jonas Parker Varnum was born in Derry, N. H., 
in 1840 and died in Rochester March 11, 1907. 

He received his primary education in the Kimball 
Union Academy, Meriden, N. H., and attended Prince- 
ton University, graduating with honors in the class of 
1861. 

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He taught two years, and in 1868 came to Rochester, 
where he studied law in the offices of WilHam F. 
Cogswell for one year, and then took up the practice 
of law. He was president of the Rochester Bar 
Association. 

Mr. Varnum was a charter member of] the Rochester 
Chapter. 



WILLIAM SEWARD WHITTLESEY 

William Seward Whittlesey was born in Rochester 
July I, 1840, son of Judge Frederick Whittlesey and 
Anne Hinsdale, and died here February 26, 1917. He 
was educated in public and private schools of Rochester 
and studied law in the office of F. A. Whittlesey, 
qualifying for the bar. When the first Republican 
Postmaster for Rochester was nominated by President 
Lincoln, in the person of Scott W. Updike, Mr. 
Whittlesey was appointed stamp clerk May i, 1861. 
In 1865 he was chosen by Postmaster John W. Stebbins 
to be his assistant, and served in that position under 
the succeeding postmasters, Edward H. Smith, Daniel 
T. Hunt, Valentine Fleckenstein, John A. Reynolds, 
George H. Perkins and James S. Graham. He served 
with signal ability in this position and completed a 
half century of service in the Postoffice, retiring as 
Postmaster in 191 1. 

He married Clara J. Walker, daughter of Albert 
Walker, in 1868. He was a lifelong member of St. 
Luke's Episcopal Church. 

Mr. Whittlesey was elected to membership in the 
Rochester Chapter on January 11, 191 1. 



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Members 

of the 

Rochester Chapter 

who served 
in the Civil War 



Members of the Rochester Chapter 
who served in the Civil W^ar 

James Roswell Chamberlain joined the Third N.Y. 
Cavalry on August 31, 1861, as Sergeant, Com- 
pany H. He was in the engagements at Tran- 
ter's Creek, Jacksonville, Plymouth, Cove Creek, 
Swift Creek, Camden, Dismal Swamp, Hatcher's 
Run, and before Petersburg. He was promoted 
to Lieutenent and to Captain, and was acting 
Colonel during the latter part of the war. In the 
operations before Petersburg he was severely 
wounded and was in a hospital at Fortress 
Monroe several months. He was honorably 
discharged in 1864. He died on January 29, 
1910. 

William Smith Kimball served two years as Master 
Mechanic in the Navy, returning to Rochester 
in 1863. He died March 26, 1895. 

Robert Madison Myers served in the Civil War as 
Surgeon Steward in charge of the U. S. S. 
Wyandotte. He died October 24, 1914. 

Samuel Chase Pierce enlisted at Rochester, August 
20, 1 861. He was mustered in as First Lieuten- 
ant, Company H, Third N. Y. Cavalry, August 
2"], 1 86 1, to serve three years. He was assigned 
as Regimental Adjutant September 21, 1861. 
He was relieved and transferred to Company C 
May 2"], 1862. He was transferred to Company 
K September 15, 1862. He was promoted to 
Captain of Company K December 27, 1862. 
He was taken prisoner in action at Reams' 
Station, Va., June 29, 1864. He was in Con- 
federate prisons at Salisbury, N. C, at Macon, 
Ga., Charleston and Columbia, S. C. While 
a prisoner he was promoted to Lieutenant 
Colonel with rank from October 17, 1864. He 
was paroled March 2, 1865, and mustered out 
July 12, 1865, at Norfolk, Va. He was with his 
regiment in all engagements from the time of 
enlistment to the time of capture at Reams' 
Station. Subsequent to his release from prison 
he returned to duty with his regiment, and 
during the last months of the service he was 
assigned to duty as Military Commander of 
Nansemond County, Va., in charge of Freedmen 
and abandoned lands. 

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Enoch Vine Stoddard enlisted in the second year of the 
Civil War with the 65th N. Y. Volunteers, 6th 
corps, Army of the Potomac, with which he 
served until 1864. He was at Gettysburg, 
Fredericksburg, Spottsylvania, Petersburg, Cold 
Harbor and the Wilderness. He was mustered 
out in 1864 with the rank of Major. He died 
June 7, 1908. 

William Henry Whiting at the age of twenty-two 
years enlisted at Elmira, N. Y., on January 4, 
1864, in the i6th Heavy Artillery, N. Y. Volun- 
teers. He was detailed on draft duty at the 
Headquarters Draft Rendezvous, Elmira, N.Y., 
by the War Department, serving until mustered 
out by order of the Secretary of War on May 
8, 1865. 



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of the 

Rochester Chapter 

^vho served 

in the 

Spanish-American War 



Note: — The National Society, Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion, at the close of the Spanish-American War issued a commemora- 
tive medal suitably inscribed to each of its members who served. 



Members of the Rochester Chapter 

who served in the 

Spanish- American "War 

Chauncey Stevens Bradt enlisted May 20, 1896. He 
served aboard the U. S. S. Massachusetts from 
June 10, 1896, to May 20, 1899, participating in 
all service in which she was engaged, particularly 
the engagements of May 31, June 6, June 16, 
and July 2 and 4, 1898, at Santiago, Cuba. He 
was mustered out with the rank of Chief Yeo- 
man, on May 20, 1899. 

Frank Judson Hess was mustered in at Buffalo, N. Y., 
as First Lieutenant, Company I, 202d Regiment, 
N. Y. State Volunteer Infantry, July i, 1898. 
He served continuously at Camps Black and 
Meade until the time of his discharge, October 
9, 1898. He is now Lieutenant Colonel, Assist- 
ant Inspector of Rifle Practice, State of New 
York. 

Lester Bordman Smith was one of the original mem- 
bers of the First Separate Company, having 
enrolled as a private. He was elected Sergeant 
August II, 1890, Second Lieutenant October 
II, 1892, First Lieutenant April 19, 1893, 
Captain June 3, 1894. Captain Smith left 
Rochester with his company on Sunday, May i, 
1898, for Camp Black. Six weeks before his 
death he left Camp Alger suffering from illness 
which proved fatal. He died on August 17, 
1898. 

Edward Newton Walbridge at the declaration of the 
Spanish-American War was in command of a 
Naval Militia Division at Rochester, which 
volunteered for service. Two officers and 66 
men were accepted. He was commissioned 
Ensign, U. S. Navy. He was first assigned to the 
U. S. S. Buffalo as Assistant Navigator, after- 
wards to the U. S. S. Kanawha as Senior Watch 
officer. The Kanawha was attached to the 
fleet of Admiral Watson, with base at Guan- 
tanamo, Cuba. The Kanawha was stationed 
at the Port of Gibara until ordered North in 
October. He was honorably discharged on 
October 12, 1898. 

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The 

Rochester Chapter 

in the 

World War 



The Rochester Chapter 
in the W^orld W^ar 

At the outbreak of the World War the 
members viewed with alarm the invasion of 
Belgium, the violation of treaties and the 
threats of violence made by the German 
Emperor against the United States. 

The first months of the war saw America 
trying desperately to preserve a neutral atti- 
tude which was constantly jeopardized by the 
operations of foreign agents and spies whose 
activities were openly in defiance of every 
principle of neutrality. 

The sinking of the Fyre on February 28, 
191 5, followed by every form of atrocity on 
land and sea, culminating in the Lusitania 
tragedy May 7, 191 5, seemed to plainly point 
the way which America must take, namely, to 
prepare to defend her neutrality, and possibly 
her very existence. 

To the descendants of the men who refused 
to run at Lexington and whom the threats of a 
foreign tyrant failed to intimidate, the peril 
of America was a call for action. Some of our 
members had entered the war by joining the 
foreign legions of France and England and 
the remainder were convinced that America 
must fight for human liberty and freedom 
once more. The progress of the war in 
Europe clearly showed that the military 
equipment of the United States was entirely 
inadequate to constitute a dependable defense 
against a resolute foe provided with modern 
weapons of offense. 

Indeed it was apparent that the defenseless 
condition of America invited foreign aggres- 
sion. Therefore after careful deliberation the 

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Rochester Chapter on January 12, 1916, 
adopted a resolution urging preparedness as 
follows : 

"Whereas, it is apparent to the most thoughtless 
that this nation is a part in a great world's crisis. It is 
potentially one of the most powerful nations on earth, 
if not the most powerful. Steadily pursuing a peaceful 
course, cultivating a knowledge of the arts and sciences 
and inventions, and fostering the interests of labor, 
free from the shackles of despotic rule, it has advanced 
as no other nation in all history. Within a few years, 
as the history of nations goes, it has builded its wonder- 
ful industries and populated the finest portions of the 
North American continent with a happy and progres- 
sive people. Its material resources, in lands, mines 
and established industries, are enormous. We are 
today the richest nation in the world. The financiers 
of the old world have come to our shores for our favor 
and our treasure. Surely in the face of all this wonder- 
ful history and achievement it is necessary for us to 
guard well the possessions which have been wrought 
out by our forefathers and which are entrusted to our 
care. Now therefore, the Rochester Chapter, Sons of 
the American Revolution, believing in the destiny of 
the United States, its obligations as a great and influ- 
ential world power, and the influence which it must 
exert in favor of the peace of the world, if it be true to 
its traditions and its honor, does hereby 

"Resolve: That we agree with Washington, that 
the surest way to ensure the peace of the nation is to 
be prepared for war; that we should immediately take 
steps to increase our navy and the strength of our 
army; that a loyal citizenship should study and practice 
the art of defense against military aggression from any 
foreign power, and that we should be willing to meet 
without flinching the expense which will be involved in 
carrying forward a complete policy of preparedness 
which will permit us to protect our own and to protect 
those American nations which are weaker. And be it 
further 

"Resolved: That the secretary be instructed to 
forward copies of this resolution to the President of the 
United States, the United States Senators of the State 
of New York, our local representatives in Congress and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives." 

The first public effort of the Rochester 
Chapter was made at the Preparedness Parade 
on June 10, 1916, where nearly all of our 

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members marched either in a body or with 
various organizations of which they were 
members. This parade was the spontaneous 
effort of a great free people to shake ofif the 
lethargy of inaction, overcome the inertia of 
uncertain, wavering politicians in and out of 
Congress, and to arouse the nation to prepare 
to resist foreign aggression. 

The continual humiliation of all true 
Americans grew with the constantly increasing 
total of insults to our government and the 
violation of our rights as a neutral nation. 
Finally, after the excitement of a presidential 
campaign waged on the issue of keeping out 
of war, or promptly defending American 
rights, the citizens of this nation demanded 
that a final stand be taken, and when all 
efforts to avert the struggle failed, then fol- 
lowed the declaration of war on April 6, 1917. 
It was at once seen to be necessary to provide 
a fighting force without disarranging the 
industrial and agricultural system of the 
United States, so vital to ourselves and to our 
associates in war. 

After due deliberation the following reso- 
lution was adopted by the Rochester Chapter 
on April 11, 191 7, and urged upon our leaders 
at Washington. 

"Every member of the Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution is eligible to its membership 
through an ancestor who fought and sacrificed that 
the people now possessing the greatest empire in the 
world might be assured of that liberty and democracy 
with which United States of America is synonymous. 

"Our great commonwealth has for nearly one and 
one-half centuries proven a haven for those leaving the 
lands of their birth, and they by their industry and 
loyalty have assisted in causing it to take this place of 
vantage. 

"It is indeed gratifying that our people are now 
knitted together as never before, since those early 
epoch-making days, in the larger course of liberty for 
those beyond the seas in lands less fortunate than ours. 

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"No herald is necessary to proclaim the position of 
our Society upon this question of the hour. We stand 
where our sires stood and where our sons will stand, 
as God helps our nation to carry to its greatest fulfill- 
ment the work begun at Lexington. 

"Resolved: That the Rochester Chapter, Sons of 
the American Revolution, pledges its loyal and untiring 
support to the President of th United States, and to 
the government, in this time of our common call to 
duty, and that it will use its utmost endeavors to be of 
genuine service in every way possible. 

"Resolved Further: That the Rochester Chapter, 
Sons of the American Revolution, urges upon the 
United States and our representatives in congress our 
earnest desire that a law be enacted providing for 
universal, compulsory, selective conscription, and for 
placing the entire military and naval forces of the 
United States under Federal control and authority." 

War was now the work of America, and 
few of our members awaited the selective 
draft. Our record shows that thirty-four men 
of this Chapter had promptly decided upon 
their duty, and as before mentioned, some had 
made their decision before our country 
declared war. 

The members who did not enter the 
service redoubled their efforts in supporting 
the government of the United States in the 
crisis, giving generously to Red Cross, Y. M. 
C. A., Knights of Columbus and War Chest 
Funds; subscribing to the utmost to the four 
issues of Liberty bonds; buying thrift stamps 
and war savings certificates; actively engaging 
in Red Cross work in connection with other 
organizations; complying cheerfully with the 
regulations of the United States Food and 
Fuel Administrations; and in manifold ways 
contributing to the welfare and comfort of 
the soldiers in the camps, as well as those 
stationed in the City of Rochester. 

The anxiety of the long months of selection 
and training during the winter of 1917-18 was 
accentuated by the collapse of the Russian 

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offensive, the withdrawal of Russia from the 
War by the signing of the treaty of Brest- 
Litovsk on March 3, 1918, and the knowledge 
that the burdens hitherto borne by that 
country had fallen upon our shoulders, and 
when in the spring came the terrible thrust to 
destroy the French and English armies, with 
the divisions recalled from Russia, before our 
hurriedly trained and equipped troops could 
be transported to Europe, the responsibility of 
America became personal to every citizen of 
this republic. 

With the arrival of the American troops in 
France early in the summer, the tide of battle 
turned and after four months of terrific fight- 
ing Germany's armies, beaten and defeated, 
were everywhere forced back and the military 
masters of Germany began their usual diplo- 
matic game of parleying and playing for delay, 
and opportunity to replenish their reserves of 
men and materials, which might easily have 
prolonged the war into another year. The 
citizenship of this country then demanded 
prompt and unconditional surrender as the 
first requisite for an armistice. On October 
23, 1918, the Rochester Chapter adopted this 
resolution, which was promptly dispatched to 
the proper authorities at Washington: 

"Whereas, the People of the United States having 
entered the present world war for the purpose of secur- 
ing the rights of self-government and liberty to all the 
nations of the earth, and to forever end the constant 
threats of cruel and autocratic despots, and inasmuch as 
this nation has accepted the burden and hazard of war, 
now therefore be it 

"Resolved: That the Rochester Chapter of the 
Empire State Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution does hereby urge upon the President of 
the United States, as constitutional Commander-in- 
Chief of the armed forces of the United States, that to 
each and every request of the Imperial German Govern- 
ment, or the so-called 'German Government,' for an 
armistice, peace conference or peace itself, the reply 

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of this government shall be absolute and unconditional 
surrender of all enemy fighting forces. And be it further 

"Resolved: That as an earnest of our determina- 
tion and to strengthen the hands of the President of 
the United States, that we both as individuals and as 
members of the Rochester Chapter do hereby pledge 
our lives and resources to maintain the armed forces 
of the United States in the field and on the sea, until 
complete victory shall be won and achieved; and be it 

"Ordered that a certified copy of this resolution be 
forwarded to the President of the United States, the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and to each 
of our Senators and Representatives in Congress." 

Peace is assured, for our enemy in a month's 
time from the date of the signing of the armis- 
tice will be placed in a position of utter help- 
lessness and inability to continue the war. 

To the men who are represented by the stars 
on our service flag we extend the greeting due 
them as heroes of whom we are justly proud. 
We realize the sacrifice they have made, and 
we who have remained behind to keep the 
home fires burning, desire that this testi- 
monial of our appreciation of their work shall 
forever remind them that the Rochester 
Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion justifies its existence after this struggle, 
by virtue of their willing sacrifice. 

Raymond G. Dann, 

Secretary. 
November 21, 191 8. 



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Flag Etiquette 



DESIGNATION 

In each of the first three acts relating to the Flag 
passed by the Congress, our Flag is designated as the 
"Flag of the United States" (June 14, 1777, January 
13, 1794, and April 4, 1818). 

In the United States Army the flags used are 
divided into three classes: 

(i) "Garrison" or "Post Flags" being large United 
States Flags furnished to the principal military posts 
of the United States. 

(2) "Standards" which are carried by all mounted 
branches of the army, cavalry and field artillery and 
formerly by dragoons and riflemen. 

Note: — In 1863-65 each battery of artillery and each com- 
pany of cavalry carried a guidon of the Stars and Stripes. 

(3) "Colors" which are carried by unmounted 
troops. Infantry, Scouts, Engineers and Coast Artillery. 

In the Navy the Flag of the United States is known 
as the United States Ensign. 

The Flag of the United States has always been 
intended to be displayed on a staff or pike and the 
United States Army and Navy regulations explicitly 
state how the Flag or Ensign shall be flown within the 
Army and Navy. The Flag being occasionally 
improperly displayed by civilians, it is thought advis- 
able to offer the following suggestions to the citizen 
users of the Flag of our Country, which has been 
carried to victory in seven wars from 1775 to 1918: 
(Revolutionary, 1775— 1783; Tripoli, 1801 — 1805; Eng- 
land, 1812 — 1814; Mexican, 1846 — 1847; Civil, 1861 — 
1865; Spanish-American, 1898; World War, 1917 — 
1918): 

(i) The Flag should never touch the ground nor 
trail in the dust or water. 

(2) In times of peace it should not be hoisted 
before sunrise, nor allowed to remain up after sunset. 
It should be hoisted briskly at sunrise and lowered at 
sunset daily, but not flown during stormy weather. 

(3) It should never be placed where it might easily 
be soiled or desecrated. It should never be placed on 
chairs, etc., where it might be sat upon, and if used to 
grace a speaker's table or altar, nothing but the Holy 
Bible should be permitted to rest upon any part of the 
Flag, nor should it ever be struck with a gavel. 

(4) The Stars and Stripes should not be used as 
whole or part of any costume. 

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(5) The Flag should not be draped over doorways 
or arches; it should hang straight. When suspended as a 
banner, it has been suggested that the Union (or field 
of stars) for the sake of uniformity should fly to the 
east on streets running north and south; on streets 
running east and west, the field of stars should be to the 
north. 

If hung on an interior side wall, with stripes running 
horizontally, the blue field should be on the upper left- 
hand, while if hung vertically on a wall, the Union should 
be in the upper right-hand. 

If suspended from a ceiling the same rule applies as 
when hanging as a banner over the street. 

When decorations are desired, always display the 
Flag correctly, and for draping or festooning use 
bunting, red, white and blue. 

No other flag should be flown above the Flag of 
the United States. (Note: In the Navy, the Church 
Pennant may be displayed above the Stars and Stripes 
during Divine Service only.) 

Where several flags or emblems are displayed on a 
pole or otherwise, the Flag of the United States should 
always be hoisted first and hung or displayed at the top; 
and in any parade the Flag of the United States should 
always have the place of honor. (Note: It is not cor- 
rect to display the flag of any other Nation on a staff 
or otherwise unless the Flag of the United States is 
displayed above it at the same time.) 

(6) When the flag is flown at half-mast as a sign 
of mourning, it should be hoisted to full staff at the 
conclusion of the funeral. (Note: In placing the Flag 
at half-mast, it should first be raised to the top of the 
staff and then lowered a distance at least equal to the 
width of the flag, and before lowering from half-mast, 
it should first be raised to the top.) 

(7) The Flag should never be flown with the Union 
down except in case of distress at sea. 

(8) For the purpose of uniformity, the Flag of the 
United States should always be shown in illustration 
with the staflf at the left of the picture, the Flag floating 
to the right. When two flags are crossed, the Flag of 
the United States should be shown at the right. 

(9) At "Retreat," sunset, civilian spectators should 
stand at "Attention," facing the Flag and uncover 
during the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner." 
Military spectators are required by regulations to 
stand at "Attention" and give the military salute. 
During the playing of the "Star Spangled Banner" at 
"Retreat" the colors should be lowered slowly and 

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ceremoniously, but not allowed to touch the ground. 
The custom of rising and remaining standing and 
uncovered while the "Star Spangled Banner" is being 
played should always be observed. 

(lo) Soiled, torn and frayed flags should be respect- 
fully destroyed, preferably by burning and replaced 
with new ones. 

(Note: A majority of the states have passed laws 
prohibiting the desecration of the Flag; while those 
laws vary in some details, they are virtually the same. 
The New York State Law provides as follows: "It is 
a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of $100.00 
or thirty days imprisonment, or both, to place any 
mark whatever upon the Flag or likeness thereof, 
or to use the Flag in any way for advertising purposes, 
such as placing a representation of the Flag on vehicles 
used for transporting merchandise, or on packages 
containing articles of sale." The same law applies to 
anyone who shall "publicly mutilate, deface, defile or 
defy, trample upon or cast contempt either by words or 
acts, upon any such Flag, standard, colors or ensign." 

Also an act of Congress approved February 20, 
1905, provides that a trade mark cannot be registered 
which consists of or composes inter alia, "The Flag, 
Coat of Arms or other Insignia of the United States, 
or any simulation thereof." 

Also an act of Congress approved February 8, 
1917, provides certain penalties for the desecration, 
mutilation or improper use of the Flag within the 
District of Columbia. 

Warning against desecration of the American Flag 
by aliens has been issued by the Department of Justice, 
which has sent the following notice to Federal attorneys 
and marshals: 

"Any alien enemy tearing down, mutilating, 
abusing or desecrating the United States Flag 
in any way will be regarded as a danger to the 
public peace or safety within the meaning of 
regulation 12 of the proclamation of the 
President issued April 6, 19 17, and will be 
subject to summary arrest and punishment.") 

It is becoming the custom throughout the country 
among civilians to display the flag of the United States 
on all patriotic occasions, especially on the following 
days: 

WHEN THE FLAG SHOULD BE DISPLAYED AT FULL STAFF 

Lincoln's Birthday (1809) . . . February 12th 
Washington's Birthday (1732) . . February 22nd 

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Jefferson Day (Birthday 1743) . . April 13th 
Battle of Lexington (Patriots' Day) . April 19th 

(1775) 

Mothers' Day Second Sunday in May 

Flag Day (1777) June 14th 

Battle of Bunker Hill (1775) . . . June 17th 
Independence Day (1776) . . . July 4th 
LaFayette Day (Birthday 1757) . September 6th 
"Star Spangled Banner" Day (Fort 

McHenry 18 14) September 13th 

Constitution Day (1787) .... September 17th 
Paul Jones Day (Serapis Engagement, 

1779) September 23d 

Columbus Day (New York State Holi- 
day) October 12th 

Battle of Saratoga (1777) . . . October 17th 
Surrender of Yorktown (178 1 ) . . October 19th 
Evacuation Day (New York) (1783) . November 25th 

On Memorial Day, May 30th, the flag should be 
displayed at half staff from sunrise to noon and full 
staff from noon until sunset. 

Always own a flag though it be a home product, and 
note that it has forty-eight stars — one for each state 
of our Union — and thirteen stripes, representing the 
original colonies that struggled for and won our inde- 
pendence. See that each star points directly to the top 
of the flag. The eighth stripe, counting from the top, 
is known as the peace stripe. 



SIZES OF FLAGS 

An executive order issued May 29, 19 16, referring 
to the act of Congress passed April 4, 18 18, declares 
that the official sizes of all flags of the United States 
after that date shall conform to the following propor- 
tions: 

Hoist (width) i 

Fly (length) 1.9 

Hoist (width) of Union . . . . Ks 

Fly (length) of Union 76 

Width of each stripe Ms 



All government flags 


are limited to those with the 


following hoists: 


No. I .... 20 feet 


« 2 . 






19 " (standard) 


" 3 . 






14-35 " 


" 4 • 






12.19 " 


" 5 . 






ID 


« 6 . 






8.94 " 


" 7 . 






5-14 " 



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No. 



8 . 


. . 5 feet 


9 • 


. . 3-52 " 


lO 


. . 2.90 " 


II 


. . 2.37 " 


12 


. . 1.31 " 




SALUTE 



When the Flag of the United States is passing in 
parade or in review, the spectator should, if walking, 
halt, and if sitting, arise and stand at "attention" and 
uncover. 

The Salute to the Union is one gun for every state 
(fired July 4th). 

The International Salute is, under the Law of 
Nations, twenty-one guns. 

On shore the Flag should not be dipped by way of 
salute or compliment. 

ORAL FLAG SALUTE 

"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic 
for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty 
and justice for all." 

(Note : This pledge of allegiance to the Flag was written by 
Mr. James B. Upham, a member of the Perry Mason Company, 
publishers of the Youth's Companion, substantially as it is used 
today, the original draft having been slightly changed by Mr. 
Upham, with the assistance of other members of the firm and 
members of the editorial staff. 

In 1888 Mr. Upham conceived the idea of fostering patriotism 
by putting the Stars and Stripes over every school house in the 
United States. The work was taken up by the National Educa- 
tional Association, at whose instigation the Congress declared 
October 21, 1892, a holiday, when the public schools all over the 
country should celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the 
landing of Columbus, by suitable and uniform exercises. The 
chief incident in the program was the raising of the Flag, accom- 
panied by the Salute and Pledge. 

On that date, by order of the general committee, consisting of 
all the State Superintendents of Education, the pledge of allegiance 
to the Flag now so widely used, was first officially employed. 

As its use in connection with a proper salute to the Flag is 
spreading throughout the public schools of the United States, it is 
deemed proper to reproduce here the following instructions taken 
from a circular sent by the superintendent of schools of the city of 
New York to all principals under date of May 23, 191 8: 

"First, 'salute to the Flag.' In the future, the 'salute to the 
Flag' will be rendered at every assembly of pupils in the public 
ichools of New York City. 

"The pupils standing on signal raise the right hand to 'salute,' 
and keep the hand at 'salute' while the following words are given: 

" 'I pledge allegiance to my FI agand to the Republic for which 
it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all." 
"At the last word, the hand is Jropped smartly to the side. 

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"Second, method of salute. The proper method of 'salute' is 
as follows: 

"The 'salute' is given by the right hand only. Raise the right 
hand smartly until the top of the forefinger touches the lower part 
of the head-dress or forehead, above the right eye, thumb and 
fingers extended and joined, palm to the left, forearm inclined about 
45 degrees, hand raised straight; at the same time looking toward 
the flag; at the proper time and on command the hand is dropped 
smartly by the side. The head is kept alertly erect and is not 
inclined to either side. 

"Third, whenever the Flag is displayed every child or teacher 
passing should come to the position of 'salute', three paces before 
passing the Flag, and hold the 'salute' until three paces past the 
Flag. This does not refer to flags that are draped on the wall, nor 
to flags that are furled or cased. 

"Fourth, whenever the Flag is carried past children or adults, 
all should 'salute,' when the Flag arrives at a point six paces from 
the position of the child or adult, and the 'salute' should be held 
until the Flag is six paces past. 

"Fifth, at the discretion of the principal, an officer of the 
United States forces addressing the pupils may be welcomed with a 
'salute.' In every case it should be made clear to all concerned 
that the 'salute' to the flag of a superior or officer is a recognition of 
the United States as exemplified in the Flag, or in the person and 
uniform representing it.") 



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Eligibility 
to Membership 



Eligibility to Membership 

Article 3, Section i, of the Constitution of 

the National Society of the Sons of the 

American Revolution (adopted June 3, 1907) 

declares : 

Any man shall be eligible to membership in the 
Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or 
over, and a citizen of good repute in the community, 
is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all 
times unfailing in his loyalty to, and rendered active 
service in, the cause of American Independence, either 
as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman, or 
minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental 
Congress, or of any one of the several Colonies or 
States, or as a signer of the Declaration of Independ- 
ence, or as a member of a Committee of Safety or 
Correspondence, or as a member of any Continental, 
Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature, or as 
a recognized patriot who performed actual service by 
overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great 
Britain." 

The Rochester Chapter of the Empire 
State Society of the Sons of the American 
Revolution requires applicants for member- 
ship to file applications in triplicate with 
the Registrar; one copy to be filed in the 
archives of the Rochester Chapter, one copy 
with the Registrar of the Empire State Society 
and one with the Registrar General of the 
National Society at Washington, D. C. 

Membership is based on one original claim. 
When the applicant derives eligibility by 
descent from more than one ancestor and it is 
desired to take advantage thereof, separate 
applications to be marked "supplemental 
application" should be made in each case, and 
filed with the original. 

Applications must be endorsed by two 
members of the Empire State Society and 
must be accompanied by a remittance of $5.00 
to pay initiation fee, and $1.00 for each sup- 
plemental application. 

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All applications for membership must be 
passed upon by the Empire State Society, 
which has power to judge of the qualifications 
of its members. Having been elected a 
member of the Empire State Society, the 
candidate must be recommended by a major- 
ity of the Board of Managers of the Rochester 
Chapter at any regular or special meeting, and 
he shall be voted upon by ballot at a subse- 
quent regular meeting of the Chapter. 

The annual dues are $5.00, which are pay- 
able to the Empire State Society. 



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Active Members, List of 63 

Allen, Frederic P 25, 26, 31, 35, 53, 100, lOt 

Ames, Louis Annin 92 

Americanization Work 40 

Anstice, Rev. Henry 35, 53 

Bigelow, Abne- P 100, 101 

Boothby, William B 17,56.63 

Bradt, Chauncey S 63,119 

Brewster, Elisha F 63, 71 

Brewster, Henry C 25, 26 

Briggs, Chauncey M 71 

Briggs, John S 100, 102 

Brown, Judson F 63, 71 

Buell, George C 25, 26, 35, 59, 100, 102 

Burgoyne's Campaign 95 

By-laws 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 

Central Church, Services at 87 

Chamberlain, James R 100,103,115 

Chappell, Mrs. Josephine G 14 

Cherry, Rev. C. Waldo, Sermon by 87 

Chester, Thomas 25, 26, 31, 35, 53 

Civil War, Members who served in 115, 116 

Clark, George H 56, 63 

Clarke, Edward S 25, 26, 35. 100, 103 

Cobb, Amos H 40,64,77 

Coit, Charles W 64, 73 

Constitution 42, 43. 44 

Cutler, James G 25, 26, 31,35,59,64 

Cutler, J. Warren 24, 25, 26,31,35,53,59,64 

Dann. Raymond G 17. 56, 64. 85. 128 

Delegates at Rochester Congress 91,92 

Dewierzbicki, Lieut., Address by 81 

Dickinson, Rev. James T 55, 56 

Douglas, Alexander 64. 71 

Dow. Mrs. Frank F 14.39,85 

Draper. Herbert S 55. 64 

Eastwood. Albert B 64. 73 

Eddy Collection 95. 96. 97 

Eddy. S. Schuyler 96. 97 

Eddy, Samuel G 96 

Elwood, Frank W 25, 26. 35. 53. 59. 100. 104 

Elwood, George M 35. 59. 100. 104. 105 

Empire State Societv . . . 23,24,25.26.27.28.40. 139.140 

Farnham, William B 53. 54. 55. 67 

Finch. Charles E.. Paper bv 81 

Flag of the U.S. (Etiquette) . . . 131,132,133.134,135,136 

Flag Salute 135 

Foreman, Edward R 7,17,55,56,60,64.73.85 

Frye, Sinking of 123 

Giiman. Edward H 64. 71 

Grahame. Lieut. George M.. Address by 81 

Great War (See War. European) 

GrifTeth. Chester P 64. 71 

Hess. Frank J 55.56.64.71.85.92.119 

Hess. Mrs. Frank J 14 

Higgins. Frank H 64. 71 

Holidays, when U. S. Flag should be displayed . . 133. 134 

Hinrichs. Frederic W 64. 71. 81 

Honor Roll. Members in Service 71. 72. 73 

Howe. John B 17.55.56.65,85 

Hoyt. Mrs. William E 14 

Huntting. Teunis D 92 

Irondequoit Chapter. D. A. R 14. 39. 87 

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Johnson, Dr. Rossiter, Paper by 81 

Jorris, Mrs. Walter B 14, 85 

Kelly, James H 25, 26. 31, 35, 53, 59 

Kimball, William S 35,100,105.115 

Little. Mrs. William S 14 

Lunt. Mrs. Clarence H 14. 85 

Lusitania, Sinking of 123 

Lynn, John D., Paper by 81 

Managers of Rochester Chapter 59. 60 

McKelvey, William J 25. 26, 53, 54. 55. 60. 65 

McKelvey, Mrs. William J 14 

Mechanics Institute 40 

Members of Rochester Chapter .... 63, 64, 65, 66, 67 

Members, Who may become 139, 140 

Milliner, Alexander, Grave Marked 39 

Miner, Edward G 25, 26, 31. 35. 53 

Myers. Robert M 100. 106, 115 

National Congress 85, 86, 87, 88 

National Society. S. A. R 19. 20, 21, 85. 139 

Necrology ... 

100. 101. 102. 103, 104. 105. 106. 107. 108. 109, 110, 111, 112 

Officers of Rochester Chapter 53, 54, 55, 56 

Officers Elected at Rochester Congress 92 

Ogden, Charles E 7,17,39,55,56,60,65,81 

Ogden. Philip 65, 71 

Olds, N. S., Paper by 81 

Palmer, Charles H., Jr 65. 71 

Palmer, Henry B 71. 100, 107 

Papers Read before the Chapter 81 

Patriotic Work 40 

Patriots' Day 40 

Pierce, Samuel C 65,85.92.115 

Pledge of Allegiance to Flag 135. 136 

Preparedness Parade 124 

Public Schools 40 

Putnam, Edward D. . . 25, 26, 35, 39, 40, 53. 54, 55, 60, 65. 73 

Putnam, Mrs. Edward D 14 

Red Cross Work, Members in 73 

Remington, Ezra P 65, 71 

Remington, Harvey F 7, 17. 55. 56, 60. 65. 85 

Remington, Harvey F.. Jr 66. 71 

Remington, John W 66, 71 

Remington. Thomas H 17. 56. 66. 72 

Remington. William B 66. 72 

Remington. Willis E 66, 72 

Robinson, Arthur 31, 35, 53 

Robinson, Charles Mulford . . 25, 26, 35, 53, 54, 55, 100, 108 

Robinson, Fred B 7, 66 

Rochester Chamber of Commerce 40 

Rochester Chapter . 5. 7. 13, 14, 31, 35. 39. 40. 53, 85. 139, 140 

Rochester, John H 25, 26, 31, 35. 100, 109 

Rochester Home Defense League 87 

Rogers, Clinton 55, 59, 60, 66 

Rogers, Rochester H 66, 72 

Rogers, W. H. H 56, 60, 66 

RulifTson. Raymond J 66, 73 

Sage, George B 7, 17. 40, 56. 66, 77, 85 

Sage, Mrs. George B 14, 85 

Schuyler, Major-General Philip 96 

Sibley, Rufus A 25. 26, 31, 35, 53 

Smith, Lawrence Newton 66. 72 

Smith. Lester Bordman 35,100.109,110,119 

Smith, Winfred J 17, 56 66 

Sons of Members in Service 77, 78 

Spanish- American War, Members Who Served in ... 119 

Stedman, John H 31, 35, 59 

Spencer, Edmond S 66, 72 

Stoddard. Enoch Vine. Sr. 25. 26. 31, 53, 54. 55, 100. 110, 111, 116 

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Stoddard, Enoch Vine, Jr., Paper by 81 

Sutherland, Andrew R 66, 72 

Sutherland, Arthur E 17, 60, 66 

Sutherland, Mrs. Arthur E 14 

Thruston, R. C. Ballard 7 

Townsend, Spencer A 66, 72 

Treman, Leonard 66, 77, 81 

Trinjble, Louis C 40, 66, 72 

Tucker. Earl W 66, 72 

University of Rochester 40 

Van Arsdale, Tames H., Jr . . . 67, 72 

Varnum, Jonas P 25,26,35.81,100,111,112 

Walbridge, Edward N 25, 26, 67, 72, 78, 119 

Wall. William Herbert 67, 72 

War, The European ... 7, 86, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 
War, The European, Members in Service .... 71, 72, 73 
War, The European, Sons of Members in Service . .77, 78 

Warner, J. Foster 25, 26, 35, 59, 60, 67 

Weaver, Paul 40 

Webb, William W 25, 26, 31, 35, 53. 59, 60 

Webster, Rev. Melville R 17, 39, 56, 67 

Weed, Francis M 67, 73 

Weed, Howard K 67, 73 

Weed, Julian B 67, 73 

Whelpley, David 67, 73 

Whiting, William H 67,116 

Whipple, Asher P 87 

Whittlesey, William S 100,112 

Wiltsie, Charles H 17, 60, 67, 81. 85 

Wiltsie, Mrs. Charles H 14, 85 

Woodworth, Chauncey C 67, 73 

World War 7, 86, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 

Yates, Frederick Langdon 67, 73 

Yates, Frederick W 17,60,67,87 

Yates, Mrs. Frederick W 14, 85, 87 

Y. M. C. A. Work, Members in 73 



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